Browsing: History

Kids can soak up knowledge at any age! Rapper and activist Vic Mensa is making sure his son is well-informed and on the right side of…

Decades of indoctrination by school history books spinning a narrative that has the West as the origin of all things good and civilised means many Westerners…

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is capturing the attention of Pan-Africanists and anti-imperialists worldwide for its courageous, outspoken leadership. But those on the frontlines pushing…

Hundreds of white South Africans protested on 15 February outside the US embassy in Pretoria, calling on US President Donald Trump to look into their grievances.…

This week’s Facts of the Week centre on our missing artefacts – missing, that is, from Africa. We know where many of them are: in European…

Burkina nightclubs bounce to the sound of Cuban music. But how did Salsa find its way to West Africa? History, politics and immigration played their part,…

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it remains a stubborn myth that the North of the US was not involved in slavery. The prevailing narrative is…

Many people first think of China when they hear ‘Great Wall…’. Our Facts of the Week explain why Benin and its Great Walls should also be…

On 8 November, a delegation of 12 people from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger arrived in Havana, Cuba. For the next seven days, they would travel…

Namibia has made history by electing its first-ever female president. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah secured 57% of the vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. Her victory reinforces…