Culture

The Swahili Coast is a 1,800 mile long stretch of coastline in East Africa, made up of the modern nations of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. The Swahili Coast is an important area to study as it has been a thriving area that has been connected to the wider world

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Africa has a rich, oral culture. A big part of this is the use of proverbs. These are well-known sayings that educate many people in each generation on fundamental African values and wisdom. There are many proverbs about how important home is, and how making a good home improves your

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The Ashanti Empire (also spelled Asante) was an empire and kingdom in West Africa. It lasted from the late 17th century to the early 20th century and covered central Ghana, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. The Ashanti Empire was one of the richest empires that has ever existed in Africa and

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Many African proverbs talk about ‘wisdom’, and people often say that proverbs themselves are small pieces of wisdom. But what is ‘wisdom’, and why is it so important for us to find it for ourselves? “WISDOM IS WEALTH” This common proverb shows the importance of wisdom in almost every culture.

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The Ethiopian Empire, also known as the Abyssinia, was one of several East African Kingdoms and covered what is now the northern half of Ethiopia. Established in the twelfth century and lasting until 1974, it is one of the longest running empires of all time, and one of only two

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  One of the beautiful things in African culture is that values and wisdom are often communicated orally, and proverbs are one way to pass on knowledge generation after generation. Among the infinite variety of proverbs that African culture possesses, a number of them concern women. In particular, in proverbs

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Around 800 years ago, in what is today known as ‘Mali’, there stood an ancient city called Timbuktu, which was well known for its rich resources, such as gold, ivory and salt, as well as its interesting culture. It was also in Timbuktu that the first university was created. It

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  Most of Africa’s history is passed through word of mouth, and is not written down. This means that a lot of it has been lost to time, changed, and is not well understood. Many African people usually see other countries as very advanced and ‘better’ their own, and they

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A young girl called Nia was happily living with her family. Nia loved to watch birds fly high in the sky . Stop dreaming! her mother would say. One day Nia noticed whispering people in her village, they were looking at her. Nia’s mother said it was ‘her time’ which

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