In the pre-colonial era of African culture, both in respect of those tribes that cultivated and those that were nomadic in ...

While scholars have amassed large amounts of data related to the transatlantic slave trade, a more pressing question lingers: Where did those 12.7 million people come from within pre-colonial West ...

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 ...

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 ...

Contrary to the widespread belief that pre-colonial Africa was entirely without borders, African kingdoms including the Kingdom of Rwanda had clearly defined territorial boundaries. Rwanda, in ...

A research project from a University of Colorado Boulder professor could help trace the path of African cultures that came to the Americas through slave ships, as well as provide more answers on ...

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, ...