The book by renowned historian Dr . D . E . K Amenumey, The Ewe in Pre-colonial Times: A Political History of the Ewes with Special Emphasis on the Anlo, Ge and Krepi , is a seminal 1980s work ...

West Africa’s engagement with the Atlantic world through slavery, legitimate commerce and colonialism from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century shaped the demography of the African-forced ...

Adopt this Algiers Declaration on the crimes of colonialism in Africa, and submit for approval by Heads of States at the upcoming 39th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and ...

Embodied ethical life and the threat of cognitive imperialism in African contexts -- -- Hayford, Balewa, and the representation of African culture and society -- Articulations of empire and hatred of ...

Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilizations rising and falling and of different cultures intermingling across the continent. We have now shed more light on some of these ...

An African king has returned to the throne that was taken from his homeland by European colonizers more than 100 years ago. His Majesty Nabil Mouhamed Nfonrifoum Mbombo Njoya, the sultan king of the ...

Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure igniting a furore by arguing that colonialism somehow benefitted the people it oppressed. But our new book, “Authoritarian Africa: Repression, ...

Three U.S. museums have returned 31 bronzes looted from the pre-colonial African kingdom of Benin to the Nigerian National Collections in a ceremony held at the Smithsonian Institution. The looted ...

Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If you leave the telling of your story to others, you’ll miss the truth.

The question remains: Is an African museum, designed by an African architect, capable of undoing the institutional violence that it has inherited? Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with soldiers, ...