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Ghana
Ghana is a West African nation bordering the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, sharing land borders with Côte d’Ivoire,…
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Lost Treasures of Southern Africa’s Shipwrecks
Southern Africa’s coastline, a treacherous meeting point of powerful currents and unpredictable weather, has been the graveyard of countless ships…
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Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period in African history
Hundreds of mediaeval artefacts are scattered with human remains at the bottom of a cave in the southeast of the…
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Website aims to highlight hidden figures in black history
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A few years back, Matthew Delmont felt his teaching about African American history had gotten a…
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Enslaved African math ‘god’ that stunned White people with his intellect
– Thomas Fuller was an enslaved African math genius – He became known as the ”Virginia Calculator” because of his…
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Zanj
Zanj was a name used by medieval Muslim geographers to refer to both a certain portion of Southeast Africa and…
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Newly discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign
Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign
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Ancient African coin found in Australia predates British explorers
AN ANCIENT coin from a medieval African city has been found over 10,000km away on a beach in Australia -…
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How Watermelons Became a Racial Stereotype in America
What, many ask, does a watermelon have to do with race? What’s so offensive about liking watermelon? Don’t white people…
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Black History Lessons From Apartheid & Jim Crow
Both systems were used to prop up White Supremacy and restrict Black access to Political and Economic power by placing…
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25 years on – images that exposed Rwanda’s genocide
The massacres, mostly by gangs wielding machetes, swept across Rwanda and groups of people were killed in their homes and…
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Bound Bodies Of African Slaves Discovered In Portuguese Trash Dump
The skeletons come from the site of Valle da Gafaria, which was located outside the Medieval walls of the port…
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The geo-politics of Malcolm X
Malcolm X is a powerful optic through which to understand America’s post-war ascendance and expansion into the Middle East.
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How a 200-Year-Old Pipe Connects Maryland and Sierra Leone
Genetics has many stories to tell about enslaved people.
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Belgium’s Africa Museum reopens, as country confronts its violent colonial past
The years-long renovation of Belgium’s grand museum devoted to Central Africa was intended to overhaul an institution that was packed…
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