After a fragment was found in 1943 and dated to 500 B.C., the Nok terra-cotta sculptures shook up the Eurocentric academic ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

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He argues that British and Portuguese sources point to the existence of “Sierragambia” – a dynamic Mande-Atlantic connection ...

In 1964, Dr. Charles H. Wright, a Black obstetrician in Detroit, found himself in Denmark to get help in the recruitment of physicians and dentists who could work in African villages. While there he ...

Over the past few weeks, protestors around the world have called for an end to police brutality and white supremacy in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police ...

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the ...