Discover seven powerful pre-colonial African kingdoms that shaped the continent’s history through trade, culture, and leadership. Explore their lasting legacies and global impact.

Since the Second World War, America was never called an empire, but its hegemony was never far from the British, Roman, Greek, Abyssinian, Mali, Songhai, and Ghana empires of historical times. The ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its golden jubilee with grand celebrations in Accra, Ghana, a pivotal and emotionally charged conversation has taken center stage ...

Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent among ...

What is captured in the manuscripts is not relayed to the residents of Timbuktu or beyond in any meaningful way. Mali has probably the most illustrious history in West Africa. It was home to the ...

COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | The medieval era offers a stark contrast between Europe, struggling with feudal conflicts and the devastating Hundred Years’ War, and Africa, where empires like Mali ...

The production is a prelude to three other productions that provide a fascinating journey through the ancient empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai.

The adventure back in time to discover the lost gold of Mansa Musa, an ancient West African ruler of the Mali Empire said to be, possibly, the richest man to have ever lived. The production is a ...

The production is a prelude to three other productions that provide a fascinating journey through the ancient empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai.

Ancient empires like Ghana, Mali, and Songhai rose along its banks, thriving on agriculture and trade facilitated by this aquatic highway. Even today, this storied river remains a cultural and ...

The Gambia was once part of various West African empires before the Europeans, including the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, and the Songhai Empire. The first Europeans to arrive in Gambia were the ...