The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta, visiting Kilwa in 1331, described it as one of the most beautiful and well-built cities he had ever seen (Ibn Battuta, 1929). By the 1400s, when Vasco da Gama ...

The fifth edition of the ‘Door of Return’ celebration, organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), saw ...

The previous essay showed that in the 1400s, Africa was not a “dark continent” but a continent of light — a leader in knowledge, trade, and culture. Cities like Timbuktu rivaled Oxford and Cambridge ...

They were known as the "20 and odd," the first African slaves to set foot in North America at the English colony settled in 1607. For nearly 400 years, historians believed they were transported to ...

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 ...

Borders were often redrawn due to colonization, wars, and political agreements, leading to the disappearance of some nations that once held sovereignty. While these countries may no longer exist, ...

An exciting and entirely contemporary take on African history is examined in a recent collection of essays by leading historians. Two interlinked but unfinished revolutions – one intellectual and one ...

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 ...