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

Sir: The history of Africa is a tale of exploitation, from the transatlantic slave trade that saw millions of Africans forcibly removed from their homelands to the Western capitals that continues to ...

A special committee of the African Union and Caribbean Community, together representing 75 countries, endorsed the demand that European states should pay reparations for “historical mass crimes.” ...

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

Once a site of forced baptisms and brutal control, the museum near Luanda now exposes the trade’s human toll and opens ...

“I have learned that while history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased,” said President Joe Biden delivers a speech at Angola’s National Museum of Slavery. Sipa USA Papillion Joe Biden, ...

For a South African victim of human trafficking, this was the endgame. On a freezing night last July, Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run hospice in central ...

The transatlantic slave trade has far-reaching consequences in Africa that resonate to this day. Although the slave trade itself ended in the 19th century, its aftermath continues to cast a shadow ...

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

A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new exhibit at the NC Museum of History, Africa to Carolina, depicts the journey of enslaved people to the Carolinas. The pop-up tells the story of the forced migration of ...

Slavery was a long-standing practice in Africa, with systems of servitude and slavery existing in many regions before the transatlantic slave trade emerged in the 16th century. In the same vein, ...