Scientists are reporting for the first time that sculptors from the fantastically wealthy ancient Empire of Mali -- once the source of almost half the world's gold -- used blood to form the beautiful ...

The history of a great crossroads for ideas and industry is recorded in the ancient manuscripts of Mali, says Christopher Reardon, a freelance writer. As many as a million of the manuscripts survive, ...

Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If you leave the telling of your story to others, you’ll miss the truth.

The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks, waiting for the moment when the French military would seize back Mali’s ancient northern capital ...

Many of us call the black men in our lives kings as a term of endearment, respect and encouragement, but with no extensive connection or education of black royalty here in the Western world, those ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract When combined, evidence from oral tradition, Arabic texts and archaeological sites indicates that ancient Mali's seat of government changed ...

The Northern part of Mali in West Africa has come under attack repeatedly since 2012, when al-Qaida-linked militants seized two-thirds of the country. French and Malian forces re-took the north in ...

Thousands of ancient manuscripts have been returned to Mali's historic city of Timbuktu. The Malian government hastily evacuated the priceless documents to the capital, Bamako, after al-Qaeda-linked ...

The three members of Malian group Trio Da Kali aren’t just powerful, versatile musicians. They’re also branches on the ancient family tree of the West African keepers of tradition and memory, called ...

If you leave the telling of your story to others, you’ll miss the truth. For example, there were many more African kings than Shaka Zulu, the South African warring monarch a white film director ...

Many of us call the black men in our lives kings as a term of endearment, respect and encouragement, but with no extensive connection or education of black royalty here in the Western world, those ...