For over a thousand years, the River Thames has served as a bustling trade hub, a final resting place for lost souls, and a ...

LA: Tara's book, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home and Belonging ... And so the Makua chief gives him a cowrie shell encrusted basket. And he reaches down before he hands it ...

As a baby, Holley was shuttled between multiple caretakers and ended up with a couple named the McElroys, who owned a honky-tonk or whiskey house. To put it lightly, not a great environment for a ...

Dhahabu’s hands move with precision, threading vibrant fibers together as she brings the ancient art of hand weaving to life. “Every piece of handiwork carries the spirit of our ancestors and that’s ...

Afrofuturism is an amalgamation of African and African-American cultural themes and traditions blended with elements of science fiction, technology, Black history and culture ... “The use of cowry ...

Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, ...

The Cowrie shell ... The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, where the shell is located, is devoted to the study of seashells and their history. Note to readers: This is Part ...

The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40  million Fulani people across ...

A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking ...

Art hangs on the walls at the exhibition “Osi Audu: The Self in African Art,” at Opalka ... The collar of the robe is adorned with cowrie shells, while the body of the robe is almost ...