Namibia has marked the mass killings of Indigenous people by former colonial ruler Germany in the early 20th century with its ...

That Native Americans did not make very good slaves made little difference in the commerce of slavery in early colonial ...

The biodiversity economy is made up of businesses and economic activities that use living species and ecosystems to make profits without damaging the environment. But in South Africa, it is haunted by ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Unlike the efforts made to raise awareness of Black history in the United States, acknowledging the presence of Black people in Mexico has received little support ...

African kingdoms actively participated in and profited from the slave trade.Barbary pirates enslaved over a million Europeans in Mediterranean raids.

Today, the magic bean has become a symbol of resilience and self-reliance for Africa and the Global South, bearing witness to ...

Namibia on Wednesday held its first national commemoration for the victims of mass killings by colonial-era German troops, in ...

Traveller and author Treive Nicholas reclaims the tragic story of the Gcaleka clan, by unpacking ancient amaXhosa heritage ...

The late scion of an American dynasty died under bizarre circumstances 64 years ago. Now, a wing of the Metropolitan Museum named for him is reopening and putting him back in the spotlight.

It's nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. These rituals mark a transition to adulthood and are deeply ingrained culturally. But they're ...

By Justice Faloye The new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade’s visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, the head of the Afro-Arabic civilization, before visiting Ooni of Ife, the leader of the Indigenous African ...