They defied the impossible. From Henry “Box” Brown’s postal escape to Eliza Harris’s icy river crossing, these enslaved people orchestrated escapes as brilliant as...
On April 15, 1848, seventy-seven African American slaves boarded the Pearl, a schooner meant to carry them to freedom. This escape— the largest ever...
On April 4, 1960, Senegal became independent. A look back at the broken hopes of the Mali Federation, between thwarted pan-Africanism and fragmented sovereignty.
There...
Redrawing our roots
At the heart of human history, long before civilizations arose and continents bore borders, lived a woman: Mitochondrial Eve. Not the first...
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....
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....
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