The Mossi are the most prominent ethnic group in the modern nation of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). They are also well known in the anthropological literature as a society with an especially high rate of labor migration to...

This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.

Presented as an ABC list of cultural features of South Africa. Each letter links to a topic, and each topic has a paragraph with a link to more in-depth, and often fascinating, information about that topic, and about the history of South...

Encyclopedia article devoted to the Muses of Greek mythology. The article discusses Muses in myth, their function in society, their function in literature, cults of the Muses, and the classical tradition.