Using the word “tribe” to describe societies in Africa can oversimplify the continent’s immense cultural, linguistic, and historical diversity because African communities are shaped by complex social ...

Among the diverse and culturally rich tribes of Africa, the Tutsi people stand out, quite literally, for their impressive height. They are referred to as some of the tallest people in the world and ...

Kenya’s Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka appears to be gradually strategising and consolidating political support ahead of his bid for the presidency. This follows the recent incorporation of his ...

“Over 500 years ago, my tribe arrived on the shores of India from Africa,” says the social worker narrator of Asha Stuart’s Lost Tribe of Africa. His ancestors fled enslavement, escaping into the ...