African History
Photographer Iké Udé Is Retelling Africa's Narrative With the Power of Portraiture
A new show celebrates the stars of Nigeria's Nollywood, the country’s vibrant $3 billion film industry
After Breaking Ties With Britain, Barbados Announces Heritage District Tracing Slavery's Toll
The four-phase project will include a museum, global research center and memorial
New Memorials in Berlin Honor the Holocaust's Overlooked Black Victims
Two brass "stumbling stones" are among the first to memorialize the Afro-German people murdered by the Nazis
The U.S. Returns More Than 900 Stolen Artifacts to Mali
American authorities seized the presumably looted objects, which were listed as replicas, in 2009
A Literary Scholar Takes Us Around the World in Eighty Books
Harvard professor David Damrosch's new release has readers traveling to London, Paris, Nigeria, Tokyo and beyond without ever leaving home
Why the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art Removed Its Benin Bronzes From View
Displaying the looted artworks does "a huge amount of harm,” says director Ngaire Blankenberg, who has affirmed her commitment to repatriating the objects
Who Is the Enslaved Child in This Portrait of Yale University's Namesake?
Scholars have yet to identify the young boy, but new research offers insights on his age and likely background
Why a New Plaque Next to Oxford's Cecil Rhodes Statue Is So Controversial
The sign identifies the 19th-century statesman as a "committed British colonialist"
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chronicler of Migrant Experience, Wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Zanzibar-born author of ten novels tells richly detailed stories about people living "in the gulf between cultures and continents"
Display of 100 Renaissance Portraits Underscores Humans' Enduring Desire to Be Remembered
An exhibition at the Rijksmuseum unites two early likenesses of African men in Europe, among other 15th- and 16th-century masterpieces
Looted Maqdala Treasures Returned to Ethiopia After 150 Years
A nonprofit foundation purchased the objects, which were seized by British troops in 1868, with the aim of restituting them
How Does the West African Talking Drum Accurately Mimic Human Speech?
A new study explores how the dùndún replicates tones and patterns of the Yorùbá language
These Medieval Islamic Tombs in Sudan Were Laid Out Like Galaxies
Some of the burials appear to be clustered around "parent" funerary mounds of seeming cultural significance
Ruins of Monumental Church Linked to Medieval Nubian Kingdom Found in Sudan
The building complex was likely the seat of Christian power for Makuria, which was once as large as France and Spain combined
Why Are These Medieval-Era Skulls Found in Gabon Missing Their Front Teeth?
Intact, 500-year-old upper jaws discovered in an African cave bear evidence of deliberate facial modification
A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe
For centuries, a Eurocentric worldview disregarded the knowledge and strength of the African empire
Farmer Stumbles Onto Egyptian Pharaoh's 2,600-Year-Old Stone Slab
The large sandstone marker may be connected to a military campaign led by the 26th dynasty ruler Apries
A Folklorist Explains Loki's Place in Mythology's Pantheon of Trickster Heroes
Smithsonian's James Deutsch says that behind the character in the new Marvel Studios series lies the oft-told story of "guile" outsmarting authority
Germany Acknowledges Genocide in Namibia but Stops Short of Reparations
Between 1904 and 1908, colonial forces murdered tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people
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