Wide beaded collars, earrings, headbands and bracelets in brilliant red, blue, white and green. For the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, beadwork speaks of age, marriage, wealth and belonging.
In the Danakil Depression, where temperatures soar and salt lies like snow, the Afar people herd camels, cut salt by hand and keep a strong tradition of independence.
It tells how the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon, bore him a son, and how that son brought the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia. For centuries, the Kebra Nagast shaped Ethiopian kingship and identity.
Paper-thin pastry, spiced pigeon or chicken, almonds, eggs and a dusting of cinnamon and sugar. Pastilla is the showpiece of Moroccan celebrations, especially in Fes.
Electric guitars played like the mbira, songs in Shona and a message of liberation. In the 1970s, Thomas Mapfumo's chimurenga music became the soundtrack of Zimbabwe's war of independence.
Woven so tightly they can hold beer, Zulu baskets of ilala palm are among Africa's finest. And in the 20th century, weavers found a new material: colourful telephone wire.
In northern Tanzania, around a thousand Hadza people still live largely by hunting and gathering. They speak a unique click language and have taught scientists much about human life, but their land is under pressure.
From Sun Ra's cosmic jazz to Wakanda and the novels of Nnedi Okorafor, artists have imagined futures in which Africa and its peoples are at the centre. What is Afrofuturism, and why do some prefer "Africanfuturism"?
Strips of beef or game, cured in vinegar and coriander and air-dried until dark and chewy. Biltong is South Africa's favourite snack, with roots in older African and settler traditions.
Shoulders bounce, the chest pulses and the neck slides from side to side, faster and faster. Eskista, the shoulder dance of the Ethiopian highlands, is one of the most striking dances in the world.
Painted in reverse on the back of a sheet of glass, Senegalese souwère pictures show saints, heroes, mermaids and everyday life in bright colours. Here is the story of a popular art.
Speakers of Afaan Oromoo, keepers of the Gadaa system and celebrants of the Irreecha thanksgiving, the Oromo are one of Africa's largest peoples. Here is an introduction.
