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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Western education regularly overlooks these monarchs, but theGrio never will. Meet the African kings who deserve recognition. If ...

Iron age archaeology -- Settlement and political archaeology -- Settlement organisation -- Stonewalling -- Central cattle pattern -- Moor park cluster -- Ntsuanatsatsi cluster -- Zimbabwe pattern -- ...

A developer has raised safety concerns over a historic building at the centre of a redevelopment dispute at Swakopmund, warning that the structure is unsafe for occupation and could endanger lives if ...

Images of George Floyd’s murder have brought a reckoning about racial injustice. Cellphone videos of police violence toward Black Americans have played a crucial role — this week, in Kenosha, Wis., it ...

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