When Europeans arrived along the West African coast, slavery already existed on the continent. However, in his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson points out that slavery in Africa and ...

A new book called The Two Princes of Mpfumo tells the fascinating story of a pair of royals from Mozambique in southern Africa whose lives were thrown into chaos by the transatlantic slave trade. We ...

A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...

Author Scott Spillman joins Morning Joe to discuss his book 'Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the ...

Obasanjo has warned that Africa could return to slavery if it forgets the devastating impact of slave trade. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned that Africans might go back into slavery if they ...

Slavery by Another Name “resets ... “As I’ve traveled, discussing the book and meeting readers, a stream of African-Americans have related to me how the book made them reassess their ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigeria and Africa to break free from the lingering effects of slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism to achieve meaningful political ...