Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "At the beginning, I thought we were digging a deep hole for ourselves, as people feel so passionately about this character," says ...

King Afonso I of Kongo emerged in the early 16th century as one of Africa’s most sophisticated diplomatic rulers, maintaining direct relations with Portugal while attempting to strengthen his kingdom ...

This is one of the first large scale series made by Africans about Africa's own history - telling the story of the making of the iconic African King. It's set in the 1700s and follows him from ...

Host Allison Keyes is joined by NPR's West Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton for a peek into her reporter's notebook and some of the stories coming out of the continent. These stories include ...