If you’re following the Black travel movement on social media, it may seem that men aren’t jetsetting nearly as much as women – but that couldn’t be more wrong. They are crisscrossing the global in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “At the beginning, I thought we were digging a deep hole for ourselves, as people feel so passionately about this character,” says ...

An old video showing Eswatini’s King Mswati III arriving in the UAE with a large entourage has resurfaced online, going viral in July 2025. The footage has reignited conversations around monarchy, ...

Bolivia may be better known for its llamas, snow-capped Andean peaks and indigenous populist President than as a seat of African royalty. Yet Bolivia is home to the only known African monarch in the ...

Reviewed by John K. Thornton in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 60 (3) 2019, pages 511-513. "As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small ...

Host Allison Keyes is joined by NPR's West Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton for a peek into her reporter's notebook and some of the stories coming out of the continent. These stories include ...

James Michael Dorsey travelled to Africa in search of a legendary king – and found himself on the ride of his life. Once, I went to Africa in search of a king. I have met more than a few kings over ...