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 ...

"This thesis takes a bead's eye view of eastern Africa and Indian Ocean trade, focusing particularly on the trade and trade networks that connected southern Africa to the rest of the world. It also ...

The brightly colored mural hanging in the lobby of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, part of a traveling exhibit opening today, took museum staff much of a day to hang - the scene of a ...

Perforated shells found at South Africa's Blombos Cave appear to have been strung as beads about 75,000 years ago-making them 30,000 years older than any previously identified personal ornaments.

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 ...

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 ...

Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum isn’t going anywhere. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the unique Detroit institution founded by artist and collector Olayami Dabls in 1998 would be closing its ...