Culture

A large part of the people of Réunion today have African origins. This article offers a historical overview of that presence. Before slavery The aptly named...

The Francophone Black world knows Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist, the first Black president of South Africa, winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize....

A striking analysis of Kirikou and the Sorceress, in which we explore the complex history of Karaba the Sorceress. Nofi offers a deep and...

Long ignored or misunderstood, African matrilineal societies are today wrongly accused of having weakened the continent in the face of colonization. By tracing the...

Rosa Parks’s autobiography (1913–2005), a symbol of the struggle for civil rights, was published in the United States in 1992. It took 26 years...

Did you know? On August 27, 1896, the Zanzibar archipelago was the scene of the shortest war in history. Thirty-seven minutes of fighting between...

Blind, enslaved, a piano prodigy, Blind Tom Wiggins fascinated America while remaining a prisoner of his chains. This portrait explores the confiscated virtuosity of...

Steve Biko lived only 30 years, yet his name resonates like a cry of Black dignity. Founder of the Black Consciousness movement in South...

Insulting to soothe, mocking to avoid violence: joking kinship is one of Africa’s most sophisticated social systems. Present from Senegal to Mali and Burkina...