Novelist Nadine Gordimer crossed South Africa’s color line to become a staunch opponent of apartheid and supporter of the ANC ...

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed ...

On World Book Day, South Africa’s early literacy crisis takes centre stage. As the country grapples with a deep literacy ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today. This is the first installment of a new bimonthly column by David Austin Walsh. “A moment of ...

Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole’s own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have ...

A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization ...

Behind the headlines, and largely unreported, the basic measures of human well-being have continued to improve in recent ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rebounded strongly on Thursday, with the benchmark stock index logging its second-largest single-day rise in history after the U.S. paused most of its new tariffs ...

have given the impression that their ancestors came to West Africa from elsewhere. One way to find out more about a population's history is by studying their genes. This also informs medical research.

"American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth ditched living in Hollywood for a move to South Africa to support a cause close to her heart. Elizabeth spoke at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh last ...

In a new book, Iñárritu will explore the production of his debut feature “Amores Perros,” the critically acclaimed crime thriller that first bowed in 2000 in Cannes, would be nominated for ...