Getting in Step with African Music
June 20, 2024
An earlier article here explored some of the depths of traditional African music. It has often been commercialized, so I’ll now recommend some of my
The Many Rivers that Flow through Swahili Culture
April 29, 2024
Swahilis have an ancient heritage of blending East African Bantu cultures with Arabic and Persian influences. Their fascinating society has about two million members. It’s
Assumptions about Reality while Thinking about Objects and Fashioning Images in Africa
April 13, 2024
The Nok culture spread a seminal style of sculpture between 900 BCE and 300 CE as its people built over 500 agricultural settlements in Central
Jenne Jeno, An African Civilization that Lasted Longer than Rome
February 14, 2024
The Niger River is dramatically different from the Nile, and it spawned a civilization that contrasts with ancient Egypt. It carves a 3,000-mile-long arc through
The Source of Wisdom in African Communities
January 7, 2024
The primacy of human interaction over fixed abstract systems is a widespread traditional African pattern. Akan societies in Ghana tell stories about a popular cultural
Shiva in Shades; An Indian Religious Tradition Travels to Africa
December 25, 2023
Here’s a cool way to spend Christmas–widening our horizons by exploring cultural crossroads that most people don’t know about. This photo’s from the other side