African nations are intensifying efforts to secure reparations for the colonial-era crimes that caused widespread devastation across the continent and beyond. On Nov. 30, African diplomats and leaders ...

Doubleweaving is an indigenous basket weaving technique in Southeastern traditions in which separate inside and outside patterns emerge through one continuous weave. Drawing on this concept as both a ...

African leaders convened in Algiers on Sunday for the Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa. The conference was another step in the African Union’s plan of action to advance justice and ...

(Berlin, November 18, 2024) – Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin ...

The African Union (AU) has adopted its theme for 2025 as “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” a commitment to redress historical injustices caused by slavery, ...

AFA copy 39088012426383 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his friends, 1993. Contents V. 1. part 1. Rethinking the African diaspora: global dynamics / ...

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist nations. A new book called The Long Shadow of ...

As the African National Congress gathers in Moruleng to mark its January 8 celebrations, it is both symbolic and overdue. Symbolic, because Moruleng sits at the heart of Bakgatlha ba Kgafela kingdom; ...