African terracotta pottery has been a part of the continent's artistic heritage for centuries. Today, it is making a comeback as a key player in modern African art. The unique textures, forms, and ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, said David Drake, the artist, had been “deprived of his creations involuntarily and without ...

African artists are reimagining traditional crafts by blending them with contemporary styles, creating a unique fusion that ...

Archaeologist Scott MacEachern remembers with fondness the days when nobody used to know where he worked. For the last 30 years he has been a regular visitor to an area of west-central Africa known as ...

Includes discussion of pottery making of the Bwa, Mossi, Yoruba, Gwari, and Shai, among others, in West Africa. Covers preparation of clays, building pots, decorating and firing. Based on the author's ...

In the early colonial period, Jamaican slaves manufactured pottery that incorporated traditional West African technology with selected European innovations. Recent examination of Afro-Jamaican wares ...

A team of scientists has found the first evidence for ancient honey hunting, locked inside pottery fragments from prehistoric West Africa, dating back some 3,500 years ago. A team of scientists, led ...

DALLAS — Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it's a great time to visit the African American Museum of Dallas for a special ...