Africa has joined a campaign to claim reparations from Britain for “historic crimes”. The African Union called for ...

(The untold story of the international slave trade.) The Kingdom of Dahomey rose to dominance in West Africa on the strength of its disciplined army and strategic leadership—but also through its role ...

There was a time when the better off flaunted their status by buying mansions, driving fancy cars, and wearing top hats.

Reviewed by John K. Thornton in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 60 (3) 2019, pages 511-513. "As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of ...

When it comes to the absurdity of American taxpayers giving "reparations" to black descendants of slaves, it's hard to limit the number of objections. Apart from the fact that American slavery, though ...

In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's acclaimed film The Woman King. From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the ...