For the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa during the Middle Stone ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical ...

Ancient Ghana encompassed what is now modern ... 10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing ...

A mysterious "ghost population" of now-extinct ancient human-like creatures may have interbred with early humans living in West Africa, scientists say. Researchers suggest DNA from this group ...

Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical ...