Culture & Heritage

Accra does not introduce itself gently. It moves. Taxis weave through Oxford Street in Osu. The Atlantic pushes against Labadi’s shoreline. Church bells and mosque calls cut through humid morning …

Rwanda has submitted a bid to list Imigongo and Umuganura on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage register. Imigongo is a centuries-old geometric art form painted with cow dung, while Umuganura is …

African fabrics do more than just cover bodies. They carry stories, values, history, resilience, and identity. In communities where oral history weaves meaning into cloth, each fabric becomes a visible …

Some belief systems do not fade even when people are uprooted; they simply travel quietly within memory, within language, and within ritual. Among the Yoruba people, Ile-Ife is regarded as …

Cultural tourism in Africa isn’t something you schedule neatly into a travel plan. It happens naturally. It happens when someone invites you to sit with them. When you taste food …

Before highways, airports, and shipping containers arrived in Africa, they already had a system for transporting goods globally. They moved goods, ideas, and flavours slowly but intentionally across vast distances. …

In a significant stride for international cultural diplomacy, the Republic of Turkey has identified 76 historical artefacts, crafted from wood and metal and believed to have originated in Nigeria. This …

In the shadow of Nigeria’s ancient hills and sacred groves lies a tapestry of history woven from centuries of human ingenuity, spiritual depth, and cultural resilience. Sites like the Sukur …

The Benin Bronzes are among the rare treasures and artefacts that carry heavy stories and hold memories of a powerful kingdom, the skill of master craftsmen, and the pain of …

There is a kind of strength that African traditional religions have. One that does not announce itself loudly nor sit in grand buildings nor depend on written laws, but lives …