Akan commemorative terracottas are idealized portraits, which emphasize Akan preference for well-shaped heads and regular balanced features. Luminosity is a trait equally valued. Preston discusses how ...

By Kofi Ayisi AboagyeOn a humid Wednesday afternoon in Kumasi, the city seems to move in rhythm with the past. Traffic slows, banks and schools prepare to close, and entire markets anticipate a pause.

AFA copy 39088019751387 gift from Janet Staney. 1807: KWAME, KWAKU, AND BAAKO live in the most powerful kingdom in West Africa. Kwame is the son of a chief. Kwaku is the likely successor to the chief.

The literary anthology Black Fire—This Time: Volume 1, published last spring, perfectly captures the spirit of sankofa, a word from the Akan people of Ghana that roughly translates to “it is not taboo ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A local woman once associated her ancestry with a negative time in our history, But Lynn Pope has learned there is much more to the story. Along with celebrating Juneteenth, ...

A sample of DNA swabbed from inside her mouth has given Tani Sanchez a deeper connection to the beautiful quilts her grandmother made, and those her sister makes today. Genetic markers from that DNA ...

Do it for the culture. Zenith Bank celebrated Ghana’s 68th Independence Day with its “Wear Ghana” initiative. Across its 43 locations, employees wore traditional Ghanaian attire, including Kente cloth ...