History

On February 19, 1794, the Battle of Acul, near Petit-Goâve, took place during one of the most complex moments of the Haitian Revolution, at...

Founded in 1788 on the eve of the French Revolution, the Society of the Friends of the Blacks was the first structured abolitionist organization...

In 1834, a few hundred African Americans landed at Cape Palmas, on the western coast of Africa. Their ambition was immense: to found a...

On February 9, 1965, Malcolm X, an iconic figure of Black Power, was turned back at the French border. Officially for a “risk of...

In this third part of our exploration of African survivals in Caribbean culture, we delve into the heart of the practices and customs that...

Long relegated to the margins of historical narratives, the trans-Saharan slave trade nonetheless deported between 6 and 10 million Africans. Desert routes, sexual slavery,...

Gisèle Pineau is a Guadeloupean writer born in Paris in 1956. In 1960, she traveled to Guadeloupe. Where does her passion come from?Her passion for...

Long before the stabilization of fortified trading posts and the consolidation of European sovereignties, a category of men settled permanently along the coasts of...

When the French arrived to colonize Senegal in 1855, the very first resistance they encountered was a woman. Her name: Ndaté Yalla Mboj. At a...