History

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...

Boukman, Dutty Boukman, Zamba Boukman was the leader of the “Bwa Kayiman” ceremony on August 14, 1791. This ceremony was one of the triggering events...

A legendary city emerging from the edges of the desert and river, Timbuktu has successively been a caravan crossroads, an Islamic university, and the...

An emblematic figure of the sahelian intellectual golden age, Ahmad Bābā al-Timbuktī was at once a maliki jurist, a political exile, and a defender...