An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time ...

I stepped into ChopnBlok alone on a recent Saturday evening, and felt as if I'd stumbled into a hip dinner party. At the bar, two men dressed in trendy black-and-white streetwear with designer ...

For centuries, African people have passed their histories down through oral storytelling. That’s how J.P. Hales-Bâ learned his stories — his dad read him West African folktales at bedtime.

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

Amid Black History Month celebrations in February, some local musicians say they are finding more opportunities at various venues to share their work and stories.

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she ...

A popular West African restaurant in Portland has been named one of the best in the country. Here's what you need to know before you go.