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7 Black women who were erased from history textbooks (wrongly)

We were taught history with holes in it. Heavy silences, absences too obvious to be honest. Behind these voids: Black women—strategists, warriors, thinkers, activists—whom...

November 4 – Key figures and events in the history of Africa and its diaspora

November 4 is a date rich in events and influential figures in the history of Africa and its diaspora. From the election of Barack...

Angelo Soliman, the African Who Shaped Enlightenment Europe

He was born a prince in Bornu, became a slave in Marseille, saved the life of a governor, taught a future prince of Liechtenstein,...

Ahmet Ali Çelikten, the forgotten black eagle of turkish aviation

Ahmet Ali Çelikten, an Ottoman officer who became a colonel in the Turkish Air Force, was the first Black pilot in history. Yet his...

Victor Cochinat, the martiniquais intellectual in imperial France

Discover the remarkable trajectory of Victor Cochinat (1819–1886), a Martiniquais lawyer, journalist, and committed intellectual, a forgotten figure of critical colonial thought under the...

October 31 – Key Figures and Events in the History of Africa and Its Diaspora

October 31 is marked by iconic events and figures in the history of Africa and its diaspora. From the end of Blaise Compaoré's rule...

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