For the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa during the Middle Stone ...

he united several of West Africa’s kingdoms to defeat Ghana’s king, Sumanguru. He then began to conquer more land in the area, calling his new kingdom the Mali Empire. Records of oral history ...

In Born in Blackness, Howard W. French explores Africa’s critical role in shaping the modern world through the transatlantic ...

William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas.

although the story of his empire largely remains little known outside West Africa. "History is written by victors," according to Britain's World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

With performance, participation and people, cricket in Nigeria hopes to shape people, and their mindset and value system ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled ‘Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, The Prelude’ ...

The UNOWAS mandate and its reporting are critical given the immense challenges faced by the people of West Africa and the Sahel,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented ...