Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

African leaders convened in Algiers on Sunday for the Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa. This conference is another step in the African Union's (AU) plan of action to advance justice ...

African leaders meeting in Algiers on Sunday called for colonial-era crimes to be formally recognised, criminalised and ...

Tanzania has thrown its weight behind a growing continental campaign demanding reparations from former colonial powers, ...

In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved Africans to farm the land and survive a rugged pioneer life. The recent ...

Most of what you think you know is wrong. What was the relationship between Christian missions and European colonialism in West Africa? For decades Western and African historians have agreed on an ...

The Caribbean stands at the crossroads of world history, yet most people only see it as a vacation destination with beaches ...

The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from the late Stone Age to the present. In recent years increasing prominence has been ...

At the solemn commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the 'Thiaroye Massacre' of World War II veterans in Senegal, His Excellency President Adama Barrow, commended his Senegalese counterpart ...

Colonial Williamsburg, the country’s largest living history museum, has been bringing to life the Founding Fathers and reenacting some of America’s defining origin moments through costumed ...

Nestled alongside the River Spree south of Berlin’s city center, Treptower Park is home to green lawns, riverboat rides and runners pounding their way along the waterside path. Summer days usually see ...