We see the word everywhere: throughout news reports of African struggles, in old films and on the latest television shows. You’ve probably even heard it used in a recent class covering topics related ...

You don’t have to travel to the West to find blonde-haired, blue-eyed people; one African tribe has had them for centuries. Africans are one of the most genetically diverse groups of people in the ...

When DNA testing was offered as a way to trace black family heritage three years ago, it seemed, at long last, that African Americans whose histories were lost in the transatlantic slave trade had ...

A solo traveler journeys deep into the jungles of Cameroon to live with one of Africa’s most remote tribes, completely cut off from modern life. What begins as a cultural experience quickly turns into ...

In the woods near Jedburgh, Scotland, a small group claiming to be a lost African tribe has settled, surprising local residents. This group, called the Kingdom of Kubala, consists of three members: ...

It's not every day that a vacation souvenir changes a life, much less the lives of a community half a world away. But that's exactly what happened when San Francisco attorney Ann Elston's husband, ...

Their breed of cows, Ankole-Watusi, grow up to eight feet tall, and are worth up to $500 each. These animals are viewed as the tribes most valuable asset and they go to extreme lengths to protect them ...

Many African tribes are known for their tenacity and agility in the face of war, which is why the warrior and army tribes in Africa were a formidable force. The Berbers were particularly known for ...

The endangered Omo Valley people in Ethiopia were ready for their close-up — one photographer’s effort to capture the tribes before tourism and modernization forever alter their traditional way of ...

Below the fighting grounds, where Venda men in Tshifudi, South Africa, have long sparred and bled, boys congregate on a riverside. During seasonal rains the river flows swiftly but now in December, at ...