History

What if African history didn’t begin with slavery? In this powerful article, historian Runoko Rashidi takes us back to the origins of a global...

Long before Christopher Columbus, an African king is said to have attempted to cross the Atlantic with two thousand ships. His name was erased,...

Discover Idris Alooma, the visionary ruler of the Kanem-Bornu Empire in the 16th century. A military reformer, skilled diplomat, and builder of a prosperous...

Far from the usual narratives of revolts and escapes, this article explores a lesser-known but powerful form of resistance to slavery: enslaved individuals taking...

For centuries, North Africa was a crossroads of Black peoples, long before slavery or colonization. This article unveils the repressed history of the deep...

Forgotten by textbooks but founder of Chicago, Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable was a Black pioneer, trader, and builder whose story unsettles official narratives. This...

Long before Auschwitz, another genocide unfolded in the scorching silence of the African desert. Between 1904 and 1908, colonial Germany methodically attempted to exterminate...

Poet of pain and priestess of resilience, Maya Angelou gave voice to the unspeakable with a pen of fire and a velvet voice. Through...

Over the centuries, the island we now know as “Martinique” has borne at least three different names: Jouanacaera, Madinina/Madiana, and Martinica. These successive names—Amerindian,...