ANSTO scientists from the Australian Center for Neutron Scattering were members of an interdisciplinary team led by the University of Sydney, who examined six 19th century West African swords ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with South African actress Thuso Mbedu about her role in "The Woman King," a new movie about woman warriors in 19th century West Africa.

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

U.S. museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century One of them, a bronze sculpture of a West African king, had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years ...

Few callings have undergone such a fall from grace in the West as that of the Christian missionary. In the 19th century missionaries were seen as bringers of civilization to parts of the world ...

The warriors of this West African kingdom were formidable—and female. In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's ...

Providence, R.I. (AP) -- A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 culturally precious objects that ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Lafayette pioneer community offered its small African American population unskilled work as cooks, whitewashers and laborers. Enterprising individuals, however, thwarted ...

A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 ... U.S. museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century.