In this article, we will look at the 20 richest people in Africa in 2024. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to the 5 Richest People in Africa in 2024. Africa is one of the ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most diverse regions, with over one billion people living in forty-nine countries. In Cameroon alone, a mix of Muslims, Christians, and adherents of local ...

Conversations around health progress in Africa usually focus on lives saved. And rightly so. Across the continent, people are living longer than they did a generation ago. Advances in prevention, ...

African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black people connect to their personal history one swab at a time. She credits her family for her interest in connecting others to their lineages. “I ...

Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to ...

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to Africa as the continent from which our ancestors dispersed in the Late ...

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 to 2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent, with national, regional, and global actions. As proclaimed by the General ...

What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing—a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness or success. It’s ...

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, stands as a powerful symbol of the transatlantic slave trade. The House of Slaves, a late 18th century building, was used as a holding centre for enslaved people ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...