Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama held talks with a global delegation seeking reparations for transatlantic slavery and ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the ...

The number is as staggering as it is undeniable. A minute fraction of the harms of the trans-Atlantic slave crimes is ...

How much was stolen?” That is the question Pan-Africanism now confronts directly. Studies estimate that when unpaid labor, looted resources, and lost development opportunities are combined, Africa’s ...

WHENEVER the topic of slavery is raised, it is usually the Trans-Atlantic trade, yet it is only a fragment of a much longer story of human bondage and suffering. There are also popular misconceptions ...

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by ...

Once a site of forced baptisms and brutal control, the museum near Luanda now exposes the trade’s human toll and opens archives that may reconnect families across continents.

An exhibition in Gee’s Bend, AL tells the story of Dinah Miller’s arrival and her enduring influence on the community, its ...

Africa bears the cost of crises it did not ...

The holiday is governed by seven principles, known collectively as the Nguzo Saba, including unity, purpose and faith.

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his plan to form a reparations task force ahead of the 2024 Juneteenth holiday. He called it “a pledge to shape the future of our city by confronting the ...