Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a Cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, which once was the ...

“Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa” is the first major U.S. exhibition to explore medieval trade and commerce in West Africa.

In “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Arts, Culture and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa,” which will open at the Block Museum of Art this Saturday, Berzock weaves an artistic ...

Medieval Africa's gold, ... According to the Aga Khan Museum in Ontario, the Fatimids traded with kingdoms across Africa and around the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire (circa 330–1453), but less known are the profound artistic contributions of North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and other powerful ...

Great Kingdoms of Africa, Edited by (Thames &Hudson) The other revolution centres on the growing calls for more voting rights to be accorded to Africa’s 54 states in the world’s leading political and ...

Narrator: From the medieval ages, West Africa was home to a range of powerful kingdoms and empires with their own diverse cultures, identities and people. The 13th century saw the rise of Mansas ...

Countering this pernicious erasure of Africa’s rich civilizations is the work of Ghanaian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, who explores the history of the continent’s glorious medieval kingdoms by ...

This head probably depicts an Ooni, a ruler of the West African kingdom of Ife that flourished between AD 1100 and 1500. The portrait-like realism of Ife heads is unique in African art.