Two interlinked but unfinished revolutions – one intellectual and one overtly political – have been playing a central role in Africa and the diaspora. Together they will help shape the trajectory of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prince James and Prince John came from Mpfumo, one kingdom among many that dotted the shores of modern day Maputo Bay, where the ...

For centuries, Western narratives portrayed Africa as passive—a continent of helpless victims, easily enslaved and colonized. Textbooks, popular histories, and films repeated a familiar story: ...

Foreword. Reclaiming ancestral narratives / Sir David Adjaye -- Introduction. Kings, kingship and kingdoms in African history / John Parker -- Ancient Egypt and Nubia: kings of flood and kings of rain ...

The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired archaeologists to... Griots are having a moment. A griot is a storyteller who ...

AFA copy 39088019753995 gift from Janet Stanley. Summary Since the beginning of time, Africa's been inhabited by humans. As one of the oldest civilizations, it is suspected that mankind first ...