"This book introduces the medieval empire of Mali...and soon narrows its focus to the compelling life story of the emperor Mansa Musa, who rules Mali in the early 1300s...This enjoyable work smoothly ...

At its height, the Mali Empire was the richest civilization on Earth, built on gold, trade, and faith. This is the story of its rise under kings like Mansa Musa — and the fall that ended Africa’s ...

A bronze ornament of undocumented history and uncertain provenance in the Barbier-Mueller Museum (acquired in 1985), Garrard believes, can be reasonably assigned to the Jenne culture. He describes the ...

In this adapted excerpt from his book, Custodians of Wonder, author Eliot Stein becomes one of the first foreign journalists in history to see the Sosso-Bala, an ancient balafon that dates back to the ...

Located in what is today Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Kingdom of Aksum was one of the most powerful and wealthy empires of the ancient world. Aksum was a significant player in the trade networks that ...