What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

Small settlements and the scourge of slavery left gaps in Africa's archaeological record. Yet sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s more recent history. An archaeologist explains ...

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The transatlantic slave trade was a multilayered, highly commercialised global enterprise that lasted from the early 1500s to ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent remarks on human ancestry have reignited discussion about Africa’s central place in the story of human origins and the political implications of that scientific consensus.

pt. 1. The time of awakening -- Africa and the origin of humanity -- pt. 2. The age of literacy -- Africa and the beginning of civilization -- The rise of Kemet/Egypt -- The elements of early African ...

Africa is a vast and abundant continent. Roughly ten times the size of India and three times the size of China, it is home to nearly 18 percent of the world’s population and roughly 30 percent of its ...

DUKWI CAMP, Botswana (UNHCR) - At first glance, Dukwi looks like your usual African refugee camp, with children attending school, adults working in a weaving and tailoring project, neighbours chatting ...