History

How did Idi Amin Dada, a simple Ugandan soldier, become one of the most bloodthirsty dictators of the 20th century? From his military rise...

Psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon left a lasting mark on history through his relentless critique of colonialism and his commitment to the struggle...

Born in 1950, the FEANF was far more than a simple student union: it became a revolutionary forge, a catalyst for African independence. Facing...

He was one of the first Black elected officials of the French Republic. A powerful, lucid, and combative voice that rose in the halls...

On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a peaceful march organized to defend the voting rights of African Americans was violently repressed by law...

Doctor, intellectual, forgotten pioneer: François Fournier de Pescay was the first Afro-descendant (though not the first African) to practice medicine in Europe. Born between...

A man between two worlds, two colors, two shattered dreams. Jean-Pierre Boyer, the mixed-race son of a French tailor and a formerly enslaved Congolese...

In August 1619, about twenty Africans captured in Angola landed at Old Point Comfort, in Virginia. Torn from the Portuguese ship São João Bautista...

Between 1802 and 1803, several thousand Black and mulatto soldiers who had been captured were executed by drowning in the harbor of Cap-Français, in...