What is South African about South African art? A few of my art scene friends and I once hit a snag on this question. We were in fact convinced it’s arguably the most fundamental cultural question ...

It was, perhaps, no surprise that when President Bola Tinubu spoke to newsmen after the coronation of Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Sunday, the theme that he chose was the diversity of the Nigerian ...

The Nigerian American artist takes pencil and pastel to monumental scale. Her newest works are her most personal yet, and her ...

So how do these rites of passage fit in with modern Western ideas about child abuse and human rights? The death of a South African teenager during initiation rituals - the ninth such fatality this ...

It would not be an exaggeration to consider Nigerian writer Ben Okri as the best of his generation. Three major writing generations have emerged in Nigeria.The first was the pre-colonial generation ...

Local students celebrated their creativity at Merrick Academy Charter School’s annual art show, held at 136-25 218th St. in ...

Researchers established that the markings were the handwork of the Khoi-San, South Africa’s “First Peoples.” The drawings are believed to have served a role in rain-making ceremonies. “As scientists, ...

Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, aka Kanye, is making headlines after setting the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the largest art canvas ... the record for the largest drawing by an individual, also ...

Created by Smita Singh and directed by Pankaj Kumar and Surya Balakrishnan, Khauf (2025) is very clear about its antagonist from the very first frame. It isn’t a ghost or some sinister energy ...

Imagine a prehistoric figure taking shelter here from the rain and beginning to draw. And this happened repeatedly ... and accurate knowledge of two local men from the tribal community, this rock art ...