History

Long erased from classical narratives, Africa was nonetheless a key player in Greco-Roman Antiquity: Ethiopian kings, Nubian queens, Egyptian thinkers, Black soldiers, Roman citizens....

On April 17, 1825, France imposed a colossal debt on Haiti in exchange for recognition of its independence. A royal decree signed under military...

At the crossroads of Sufi mysticism and political strategy, Usman dan Fodio built the largest Islamic state in sub-Saharan Africa during the 19th century....

Written in the solitude of a Birmingham cell on April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter is far more than a plea for...

Frantz Fanon’s thought deeply influenced the strategy, discourse, and ideology of the Black Panther Party. Nofi explores this intellectual lineage between African anticolonial struggles...

Written by Colbert and promulgated by Louis XIV in 1685, the Code Noir codified slavery in the French colonies. Behind its 60 articles lies...

Born a slave around 1820 in Maryland, Harriet Tubman became one of the most powerful faces of the fight for freedom. Strategist of the...

Once a slave, now an icon of British high society, Julius Soubise embodies the complex journeys of Black lives in 18th-century Europe. Between elegance,...

From Mississippi to Namibia, from Australia to Kenya, a look back at seven concentration camps where history attempted to erase Black people. A memory...