In the art of Africa, the mask is a versatile, multipurpose facade. It may signify identity and the ancestors, politics and medicine or the invisible world of the spirits. And in whatever form a mask ...

"It's focused on Africa, or the influence of Africa," fashion designer Onyii said at New York Fashion Week Africa on Sept. 11. "Isn't that where fashion began?" The Nigerian-American designer behind ...

I used to be based in West Africa for NPR, and one of themes that's stayed with me is the disconnect between Africans and African-Americans. I did a story once on the "slave castles" in Ghana -- ...