Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

In this book, Robert Harms presents African history as an ongoing dialogue between global forces and uniquely African developments. Africans did not merely bend before global forces, he contends; they ...

The General History of Africa (GHA) is a flagship initiative of the UNESCO Operational Strategy for Priority Africa (2022–2029). It seeks to fundamentally reshape how African history is taught and ...

Global entrepreneurs even warn of the increasing savviness of African buyers. But the influence of African consumers on global markets is far from a new thing. In the 1800s, the continent’s consumer ...

Zeinab Badawi, the Sudanese-born doyenne of British broadcasting and president of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies, elegantly sips tea while I opt for a number of strong ...

LUANDA, Angola ‒ The Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley left Angola earlier this month more inspired than ever to preserve African American history. The visit, she said, standing near this African city's ...