Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

It is a common practice to divide African history into three epochs: precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. Yet as the philosopher Olufemi Taiwo has convincingly argued, this approach is wrong on ...

There was a time when the better off flaunted their status by buying mansions, driving fancy cars, and wearing top hats.

pt. 1. The time of awakening -- Africa and the origin of humanity -- pt. 2. The age of literacy -- Africa and the beginning of civilization -- The rise of Kemet/Egypt -- The elements of early African ...

Actor Djimon Hounsou, who starred in ''Amistad,'' hopes his run/walk event will help promote Black history and Afro ...

“African Venice,” originally published by the Venetian publishing house Wetlands and republished in April this year by ...

History in Africa, Vol. 45 (2018), pp. 161-173 (13 pages) This short essay explores Jan Vansina’s contributions to the study of Africa’s early pasts. In particular, it explores the impact of sustained ...

The South African government is opening an inquest of the death of South African activist Steve Biko in 1977. Friday is the ...

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump displays articles he says report violence against white South Africans in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21 ...