African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial powers, most of which have ruled out ...
Muhammad operates the Torchlight Academy Black History tours year-round, especially during black history month and Juneteenth. He says the words etched in stone is a sign that delineates segregation, ...
Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...
A popular West African restaurant in Portland has been named one of the best in the country. Here's what you need to know ...
Frank McWorter was known for his mining skills and eventually earned enough money to buy himself and his wife out of slavery.
Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...
This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations ...
Slavery lasted for approximately 246 years from 1619 to 1865. In addition to that, there were 12 years of R econstruction and 91 years of J im Crowism (legalized discrimination). It is estimated that ...
No one, not even the greedy Caribbean leaders who came up with such a ludicrous demand for 'reparations' for the slave trade, ...
THE world set aside January 27 every year as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to remember one of the worst human tragedies ...
In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...
Interview - A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa's future, and breaking boundaries.