West Africa’s engagement with the Atlantic world through slavery, legitimate commerce and colonialism from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century shaped the demography of the African-forced ...
An African king has returned to the throne that was taken from his homeland by European colonizers more than 100 years ago. His Majesty Nabil Mouhamed Nfonrifoum Mbombo Njoya, the sultan king of the ...
Gold has played a central role in the history and political economy of Sub-Saharan West Africa for more than a thousand years ...
Embodied ethical life and the threat of cognitive imperialism in African contexts -- -- Hayford, Balewa, and the representation of African culture and society -- Articulations of empire and hatred of ...
Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If you leave the telling of your story to others, you’ll miss the truth.
Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilizations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent. We have now shed more light on some of these ...
Three U.S. museums have returned 31 bronzes looted from the pre-colonial African kingdom of Benin to the Nigerian National Collections in a ceremony held at the Smithsonian Institution. The looted ...
Iron age archaeology -- Settlement and political archaeology -- Settlement organisation -- Stonewalling -- Central cattle pattern -- Moor park cluster -- Ntsuanatsatsi cluster -- Zimbabwe pattern -- ...
The question remains: Is an African museum, designed by an African architect, capable of undoing the institutional violence that it has inherited? Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with soldiers, ...