The recent unearthing of ancient African beads has shed new light on the extensive trading systems that existed some 4,000 ...

Glass beading traditions across Africa are deeply rooted in local cultures, showcasing sophisticated, distinct and dynamic practices that have thrived for millennia. Like this work from the Cameroon ...

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 ...

Detroit is home to an unusual museum that draws on African history and customs, filling an entire city block with installations and sculptures. The MBAD African Bead Museum also allows visitors ...

Illustrations (some color), maps, tables, graphs. Reprinted in Interconnections: glass beads and trade in southern and eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean, 7th to 16th centuries AD, by Marilee Wood ...

Enslaved and free African and African American people in the southeastern United States used beads to participate in a shared culture of identity that has its origins in African traditions. The ...