Rungano Nyoni was grieving. Her grandmother had died, and her great uncle had issued an edict that the funeral not feature the wailing and singing and house visits of typical Zambian mourning. Instead ...

It seemed appropriate to plan our guinea pig’s bar mitzvah for the Purim weekend. My daughter is an eager new attendee at Hebrew school and can’t wait to be bat mitzvah. Given her age she has a few ...

CONAKRY (Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed in a stampede at a beachside concert celebrating the end of Ramadan in Guinea's capital, news agency AFP said, with Guinea's Presidency declaring a ...

On 5 September, Guineans woke up to the news of a military coup against the president Alpha Condé. What started as rumours were confirmed when footage of Condé in the hands of military officers ...

The guinea fowl is a ubiquitous, henlike bird native to Africa, where it’s known for traveling in flocks and raising a noisy alarm when predators are nearby. In Rungano Nyoni’s scalding Cannes ...

Under the patronage of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the second edition of the Arabic Poetry Forum in Guinea was launched as part of the ...

What happened to the promise of a great flowering of Papua New Guinea culture around the time of Independence in l975. Why has it born so little fruit? And why has Australian culture so little to say ...