The color, vibrancy and texture of Africa is on display at the Chicago Field Museum in the exhibit "Africa Fashion." ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' - Ghanaians' great expectations A love letter to attiéké, Ivory Coast's ...

cowries have been used in some parts of Africa. The cowrie is the most widely and longest used currency in history. 1,000 BC: First Metal Money and Coins Bronze and Copper cowrie imitations were ...

The Five Cowries 'Furanni' programme is an innovative ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

It was one of the most important market centres in West Africa, where kola ... slave market where humans were sold or exchanged for cowries. Ibrahim Jamal, a cultural officer at the Salaga ...