The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

The museum, which has long collected works by black artists, rehangs some of its galleries to offer a fascinating journey ...

African Americans often refer to the African continent as the "motherland." My trip to Ghana included a tour of a slave ...

When Elijah Heyward III DIV ’07 used to study in the Yale Divinity School library late at night, he would often scan the walls for people who looked like him. “I would look for Black students. I would ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn't just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers' vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama held talks with a global delegation seeking reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, who urged him to rally other African leaders ...

I looked at the slave shackles in the exhibit. My ancestors wore chains like this one. A bone-deep sorrow hit. When I researched my family history, names began to vanish as I traced it to Indigenous ...

For Harpham’s explanation of how England came to view the enslavement of others as both a violation of nature and a legitimate institution, all roads ultimately lead back to Rome, and Roman law in ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Jefferson Randolph Kean and six other members of the Thomas Jefferson ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Downtown Charleston’s International African American Museum will open an exhibit next week to serve as a national archive on family histories of slavery. The Speaking Truth ...

Artworks at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions don’t just look African. They are African. Hand picked by owners Todd and Shari Nelson–and family–on purchasing trips to the continent. ByChadd Scott, ...

The artist’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all its complexity. Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy of Art in London ...