History

While Christopher Columbus was searching for a new maritime route in 1492, Africa was experiencing a golden age of science, culture, and politics—one largely...

On May 13, 1888, the Empire of Brazil officially turned a dark page in its history by enacting the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law” in...

The first Black African elected as a deputy in France, Blaise Diagne carried the hopes of republican equality at the heart of the colonial...

In Montevideo, he was born without a name. In Rome, he died a hero. Andrés Aguiar, a freed slave turned lieutenant of Garibaldi, crossed...

On May 8, 1902, Mount Pelée obliterated Saint-Pierre in seconds, claiming 30,000 lives in a torrent of fire and ash. Behind this tragedy lies...

In 1944, France removed its African soldiers from the front lines, erasing their role in the Liberation. Discover the story behind the “whitening” of...

In 1802, under the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, hundreds of Guadeloupeans and Haitians were torn from their homeland and forcibly sent to Corsica. Their...

Born in the fire of Saint-Domingue and executed by guillotine during the height of the Terror, Louis Guizot became France’s first Black mayor in...

Jean-Jacques Alain, also spelled Alin, was born in 1777 in Le Lamentin, Martinique. Following the French Revolution, he migrated to Senegal, where he would...