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

Hillary Clinton to Africa… “Get over it”. “For goodness sakes, this is the 21st century. We’ve got to get over what happened 50, 100, 200 years ago and let’s make money for everybody. That’s the best ...

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

Sunday marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade. Charles Onyango-Obbo, a writer for Uganda's largest newspaper, offers his thoughts on why few Africans are taking note ...

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 ...

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

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.” ...

March 19 (Reuters) - Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since its first law abolishing trade in African slaves received royal assent, in a major step towards ending a trade that shipped more than 10 ...

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

Every writer of history wants to craft a work that sticks to the ribs of the reader, and no meal does that better than one made from sacred cows. That’s what John Samuel Harpham aims to do in The ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is on a mission---to share the whole truth about the experience of African Americans. Trying to unearth ...