An Ivorian dancer describes how wearing the traditional Zaouli face mask has changed his life:: August 3, 2025:: Porto Novo, ...

Thousands of spectators gathered in Benin on Sunday for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a vibrant cultural event ...

Novo, blends sacred rituals and vivid performances to spotlight Vodun traditions and promotes the capital as a cultural hub.

A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are ...

Samake Fousseyni, born in Mali, West Africa, holds a traditional Mandinka mask at the Juneteenth Bazaar and Show in Atlantic City on Thursday. The mask features a carving of an elephant, which ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will showcase works by sculptor and printmaker Bruce Onobrakpeya, considered one the fathers of postcolonial Nigerian modernism. On view June 21 ...

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 ...