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 ...

Zeinab Badawi, the Sudanese-born doyenne of British broadcasting and president of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies, elegantly sips tea while I opt for a number of strong ...

The General History of Africa (GHA) is a flagship initiative of the UNESCO Operational Strategy for Priority Africa (2022–2029). It seeks to fundamentally reshape how African history is taught and ...

Since its launch in 1964, the General History of Africa (GHA) has aimed to trace the history of Africa from the point of view of Africans themselves with the aim of ridding historiographical ...

This 29 December marks the 100th birthday of one of the most influential African scholars of the 20th century: Cheikh Anta Diop, who pioneered a new understanding of the continent's place in history ...

“Africa is the birthplace of humankind itself, yet little of its ancient and modern history is widely known,” writes Zeinab Badawi in her ambitious new book. Reading it, we are reminded yet again that ...

As a doctor, Dr. Wright delivered thousands of babies, and through the museum he hoped to ensure that those children could grow up understanding the truth about Black history, and challenge ...

“In six harrowing weeks of travel I felt I had touched the heart of Africa and found it broken.” This was author Tim Butcher’s reflection from a decade ago in his book Blood River — and, if we are ...

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Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...