U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech to thousands of young Ghanaians on Tuesday in Accra on women's empowerment, and toured a coastal building that was the last stop for Africans ...

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered what officials said were unscripted remarks at Cape Coast Castle, a former slave port, in Ghana on Tuesday. Jessica Sarkodie for The New York Times ...

4. Salaga Slave Market The Salaga Slave Market — located in northern Ghana — offers insight into the less-known internal slave trade that occurred within Africa itself.

Kamala Harris Tours 'Slave Castle' in Ghana, Asserts That 'the Horror' of Black History 'Must Be Taught' The nation's first Black vice president said the "anguish that reeks from this place" must ...

Explore the rich culture, history and diversity of West Africa, and learn about the impact and the role that these countries played in the transatlantic slave trade. Trip Dates September 4 - 17 ...

The transatlantic slave trade has far-reaching consequences in Africa that resonate to this day.

Slavery was supposed to be abolished, yet millions are still trapped in forced labor across Africa today. From child labor in cobalt mines to blood diamonds fueling warlords, this episode uncovers ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories.

How a Sunken Slave Ship Set Off “a Search for Ourselves” More than 200 captive Africans were lost when the São José Paquete D’Africa went down in 1794.

The trip to the former slave trading outpost came as part of a weeklong trip to Africa for Harris, who is the highest ranking Biden administration official to travel to the continent to date.

But Njinga’s rise to power, and her reign, are inextricable from European colonization and the transatlantic slave trade—two forces she battled ceaselessly.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on the history of the Atlantic slave trade Tuesday, speaking from a 17th century Swedish military fort at Cape Coast.