A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

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Amy Sall’s sensitive scholarship offers a refreshing counterpoint to previous attempts to visually record the African ...

The sculpture was brought onto the show by a guest who had been using the Ben Enwonwu sculpture as a doorstop for the last ...

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...