History is often taught as if libraries, archives, and the preservation of knowledge followed a single European path—from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval monasteries to modern universities—while ...

Firefighters trying to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town. RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has wreaked ...

To fulfil their mission in the 21st century, libraries, archives, museums and galleries must engage in a wide variety of new activities. Libraries, for example, house collections of printed works but ...

Khat: the cocaine of Africa—the mint green leaf of the shrub Catha edulis—is a way of life in the new nation of Djibouti and the ancient land of Yemen. Grown on large farms resembling old-world tea ...

The National Museum of African Art is dedicated exclusively to the collection, study, and exhibition of African art. The museum's primary aim is to foster and sustain public understanding and ...

The African Diaspora International Film Festival has just completed its 33rd year--and it has reached a turning point at exactly the moment the world's relationship to storytelling is being ...