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 ...

Waist beads originated in Africa, where certain cultures use them for rites of passage, and to heal, beautify, and protect the wearer.

Africa's traditional crafts exhibit the continent's cultural wealth, inherited from one generation to another. From beadwork to textile designs, African crafts epitomize the rich cultures and ...

STRANGE BEADS IN AFRICA. Share full article. April 9, 1882. Credit... The New York Times Archives. ... Both Agg gry and Popo beads are glass, the former opaque, the latter clear but rough.

A Nigerian scholar, Dr. Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, has won a $300,000 prize in Italy for proving that glass bead production ...