It might just be the prettiest trend you’ll never see. Oh, you might get a peek now and then. Tica Bowden says she spies glimpses of color all the time lately, as a woman leans over a certain way and ...

African jewelry has always been a reflection of the continent's rich cultural heritage and diverse traditions. But now, with ...

Nairobi — The oldest known African bead is more than 12,000 years old and was found in the Kalahari Desert, but South African beads may be up to 75,000 years old. Almost equally old beads are found in ...

Detroit - Inside an old building adorned with a bright eye-catching mural made of beads on Detroit’s west side is a man who tells stories about the history of African beads. Olayami Dabls, 73, of ...

Tiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central Africa provide evidence that European trade in the continent’s hinterland was built on ...

When it comes to beautiful jewelries, perhaps Africa is best known for its ‘handmade’ beautiful bead work. African beads are exquisite works of art. Beads are often worn while expressing art for ...

The chemical composition of glass beads and their morphological characteristics can reveal where they come from. Archaeologists analyzed glass beads found at rural sites in Mali and Senegal from ...

Olayami Dabls, founder of Detroit’s MBAD African Bead Museum, is the Kresge Eminent Artist for 2022. The award, presented by the Kresge Foundation, includes $50,000 in recognition of lifetime ...

Beads made from ostrich eggshells, produced by people over the past 50,000 years, provide evidence for a long period of social connection between eastern and southern Africa, followed by isolation and ...