West Africa has been home to some great kingdoms and empires. The earliest of these kingdoms belonged to the Nok people. They were farmers, potters and metalworkers who settled near the River ...

For the first time ever, Henry Lovejoy, a CU Boulder history professor, has mapped the boundaries of a fallen African kingdom best known for its role in the Atlantic slave trade. During its reign, the ...

Even today, there are parts of our world that are barely seen or understood. Take a trip down to Africa, home to some of the world's most stunning - yet delicate ...

See the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, experience the power of religion, the injustices of slavery, and chart the expansion of trade between Africa and other continents. Hear what it was ...

Gladiator II opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders ...

It had only acquired independence in the mid 13th century. By the 15th century Portugal was comparable to many kingdoms in Africa, although possibly less rich and less well endowed scholastically ...

African royal and traditional leaders from various countries toured the Wanga kingdom, which mostly comes alive when politicians visit the Nabongo Mumia mausoleum as they seek blessings during the ...

"Gladiator II" opens with a Roman fleet brutally laying siege to a city in the north African kingdom of Numidia. On the big screen we see ships set ablaze by pots of burning oil and defenders ...