“When did it start? It really started in my head a long, long time ago.” So says Emily G. Hanna about when the idea came to her for the new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum. To hear her ...

A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent.

African scientists identify new genetic links in kidney disease breakthrough ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

African-derived oral literature : a background -- Writing orality in Wole Soyinka's poetry -- African oral poetics in the poetry of Louise Bennett and Edward Kamau Brathwaite -- Building community : ...