In mid-19th-century Ibadan, military expeditions under Balogun Ibikunle were so successful in slave-catching that by 1859, the city was gripped in the apprehension that it had harvested more slaves ...

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

Sir Lenny Henry might be famous for his comedy, but there is nothing light-hearted about his latest work. In a new book, The ...

In the powerful new history “The Zorg,” Siddharth Kara tells a shocking story of mass killing, human baseness and the seeds ...

The ancient city of Calabar was agog with colour, rhythm, and royalty on Thursday as His Royal Majesty, Ndidem Dr. Eta Bassey ...

What the people voicing querulous concerns about “English nationalism” are referring to is something quite different: a ...

Across eight galleries featuring ten artists, ‘Echoes in the Present’ is curated by the Nigerian art historian Jareh Das ...

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 ...

Four people have been charged with the toppling of a statue of a slave trader in the English port city of Bristol in an incident which sparked a major debate about Britain's imperial past earlier this ...

Opinion - If the slave trade uprooted millions, the Scramble for Africa uprooted entire nations. In the late 19th century, Europe turned its gaze once more to Africa--not just for people, but for land ...

Sir Lenny Henry has called for the payment of slavery reparations to all black British people. Writing in a new book titled ...

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.