Celebrating 150 years of Mayo College, and a legacy of global service — from palace corridors to diplomatic missions, ...

In truth, the world we know was built on Africa. To tell the story of modernity without Africa is to erase the foundations of global history. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, West African ...

British Film Institute, in its often scrutinized role as a supporter of original filmmaking, with breakout titles emerging ...

Behind the looms of a workshop in the heart of Addis Ababa, dozens of weavers deftly repeat the same motions to craft traditional dresses -- a centuries-old skill now threatened by Ethiopia's economic ...

Nearly two years after The B-Town Blog first featured his memoir Down the Road a Piece, Burien author and longtime educator Gaylloyd Sisson continues to write, travel, and share his story with readers ...

We need a new general history of Hawaiʻi that retells our history and bridges pioneering Hawaiian scholarship to a broad ...

Humans are silly beings. Even our history books can testify to this fact. In its pages lie stories of wars sparked by a ...

With this victory, Portugal strengthens its grip on the top spot in the group, now five points clear of Hungary. If the ...

Oct. 11 1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington. 1902 — Laurie Auchterlonie beats Stewart Gardner with a 307-total to ...

The formal launch of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September 2025 made news across the world. There was pomp ...

Chigozie Obioma's latest novel, 'The Road to the Country,' explores love, guilt, and fate against the backdrop of the Biafra ...

Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s ...