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No whip, no chains… but inherited reflexes. Amos Wilson reveals how cultural and psychological alienation continues to shape the descendants of Africa. When chains change...

Long ignored or misunderstood, African matrilineal societies are today wrongly accused of having weakened the continent in the face of colonization. By tracing the...

The Oyo Empire was one of the most powerful states in the history of Africa. The Legendary Origins of the Oyo Empire The origins of the...

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...

A prominent figure of revolutionary Black struggle in the United States, exiled in Cuba for over forty years, Assata Shakur passed away on September...

Often reduced to a slave uprising, the Haitian Revolution was in fact a political, military, and cultural war of unprecedented magnitude. From 1791 to...

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...

Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved woman of Yoruba origin, led one of the most powerful anti-slavery uprisings in Cuban history in 1843. From Matanzas to...

Seriously, what’s with the obsession with Black superheroes and electricity? It’s like every time a Black hero dons a mask, they’re automatically handed lightning...

This article inaugurates a series dedicated to exploring African cultural survivals in Caribbean society, shedding light on the profound impact of African heritage on...