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The art of war in precolonial Africa

Breaking the Myth of “Tribal Wars” African military history suffers from a double erasure: that orchestrated by colonial chroniclers, and the more insidious one perpetuated...

Africa at the arrival of the first european explorers

Nofi invites you to discover Leo Frobenius’s observations on the African civilizations encountered by European explorers, which stand in stark contrast to the negrophobic...

Kwame Nkrumah in Addis Ababa (1963): “Africa Must Unite”

In Addis Ababa, before the African heads of state gathered for a decisive moment in the history of the continent, Kwame Nkrumah delivered a...

Slave cemeteries re-emerge as erosion exposes them in Guadeloupe

On the beach of Raisins Clairs, in Guadeloupe, human bones regularly appear on the surface of the sand. Behind these discoveries lies a reality...

The Victoria Climbié case: murder and state scandal in London

On February 25, 2000, in London, eight-year-old Victoria Climbié died after months of abuse at the hands of her great-aunt and her partner. Known...

Brazzaville speech (30 January 1944)

On 30 January 1944, General de Gaulle, President of the French Committee of National Liberation, opened in Brazzaville a conference devoted to the future...

Trial of the “déchoukaj” in Martinique: judging statues, replaying history

Three days of hearings, four statues, eleven defendants: from November 5 to 7, 2025, Fort-de-France replayed its colonial history in a courtroom. The déchoukaj...

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...

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