In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin ... an enemy reduced to slavery…" Some of the descendants of African traders are alive today. Mohammed Ibrahim Babatu is ...

Text by Isma'il Kushkush; Photographs by Matt Stirn Meroe, 150 miles north of Khartoum, served as a necropolis for the kings and queens of Kush ... in the Hebrew Bible as an ally of Jerusalem ...