By Francis KOKUTSEAn agelong African proverb\xa0 says, until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.This seems to be the case with African history ...

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing ...

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing ...

A novel that tricks its readers, another exploring the "incessant gnaw" of grief after death, non-fiction about emigrating to ...

Alfousseini Togo, the editor of the weekly Le Canard de la Venise, was jailed on 9 April after being questioned by the cybercrime unit of the public prosecutor's office. He is being prosecuted for ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has been advised to prevent further escalation of the raging crisis in Benin Kingdom caused by the suspension of the Enogie of Ehor and others. The eminent monarch ...

The senior category will also include international athletes from the Republic of Benin, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire. Athletes will compete in a range of track and field events, including the 100m ...

Slaves portrayed working in the Laurion mines. 7th century BC. Credit: Public Domain Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time; yet there were ...

KUWAIT CITY, April 8: Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr. Zubaydullah Zubaydov recently organized a ceremony, honoring Ambassador of Benin to Kuwait Moudgaidou ...

A historic South Carolina church that has existed since the Civil War was recently bestowed the honor of a historical marker recognizing its roots of ministering to freed slaves. First Zion Missionary ...

Following outcry over its changes to webpages describing the Underground Railroad, the National Park Service restored language conveying the horrors of slavery and the Black men and women who risked ...

The introductory sentence is gone, too. It has been replaced by a line that makes no mention of slavery and that describes the Underground Railroad as “one of the most significant expressions of ...