Arts + Culture
The golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe: a small treasure from a lost African kingdom
The golden rhinoceros, found in a royal grave on Mapungubwe Hill in South Africa in 1933, is a…
UNESCO World Heritage
Arts + Culture
The Dogon kanaga mask: dancing for the dead on the Bandiagara cliffs
The Dogon people of Mali's Bandiagara Escarpment are known for their masked dances, above all the kanaga mask…
Arts + Culture
The Great Mosque of Djenné: the mud building a whole town replasters every year
The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali is the largest mud-brick building in the world. Its current structure…
Arts + Culture
The Royal Palaces of Abomey: the bas-reliefs of the Dahomey kings
The Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin were the seat of the kings of Dahomey from the seventeenth…