History

6 Arguments that prove the first human was of african origin

The recent African origin of modern humans, often nicknamed the “Out of Africa” theory, is the most widely accepted model describing the geographical origin...

On the melanoderm origin of north africans, from antiquity to the present

Nofi presents an article by the researcher in cosmogony and African history, Abdoullah Aneowar, regarding the origin of North Africans. By Abdoullah Aneowar, researcher in...

“‘Slaves’ VS. ‘enslaved people’”

What if, instead of using the word “slaves,” we used the words “enslaved people”? Today, most historians speak of enslaved people instead of “slaves.” By moving...

History of the african roots of the people of Réunion

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 Aksumite Empire (Ancient Ethiopia and Eritrea)

Cited in the third century of our era by the Persian prophet Mani as one of the four greatest empires of his time alongside...

How Europe structured Africa’s underdevelopment

Far from victim-based rhetoric, Nofi explores in an analytical way the historical, economic, and political processes through which Europe, via the slave trade, colonization,...

Matrilineality and african collapse: myth or reality?

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

The forgotten revolt of 1811, or when enslaved people marched on New Orleans

January 1811. In the winter humidity along the banks of the Mississippi, a column of several hundred armed men in rags advances toward New...

The battalion of black pioneers, forgotten soldiers of the french empire

Created in 1803 in the wake of the colonial wars, the Battalion of Black Pioneers was a military unit composed of Antillean, Haitian, and...

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