What comes to mind for many people upon picturing Africa is a vast land where safari animals roam freely and in tandem with ...

I wasn’t sure what it would be like going back home after 12 years. Last time, I was a decade younger, with two small girls ...

There were many things that Dominic Nkwogu missed when he emigrated in 1983 from his West African homeland. First there was his family, then there were the food and the cultural trappings that remind ...

All eyes may be on Africa when looking at the spring 2005 collections, but for almost two decades, Ahneva Ahneva has been in her Leimert Park Village showroom creating suits, gowns and ready-to-wear ...

African dream root is an herb native to South Africa. Traditionally, people used the plant’s roots to treat several health conditions. In addition, the Xhosa people of South Africa used the roots to ...

I have grown African violets for years with much success. However, I noticed recently that one of my violets has a white spotty residue on the leaves. When I wipe the leaf it comes off, but I find ...

“Anyone can learn a beat, but to actually play it with the right feeling and groove takes effort,” says Marshall Greenhouse, drummer and founding member of the Chicago Afrobeat Project. The group’s ...