For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

Grammy-winning artist Ciara has been granted citizenship in Benin, becoming one of the first prominent individuals to benefit ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West ...

A recent law passed by the West African country of Benin grants citizenship to anyone who can show they are descended from ...

As we prepare to celebrate Emancipation Day this Friday, we are called to reflect not only on our past, but also on the ...

US singer Ciara became one of the first public figures to be granted Benin citizenship through a new law aimed at offering ...

Papers presented at a conference "The Atlantic Slave Trade: Who Gained and Who Lost?" held at the University of Rochester in October 1988. Contents Introduction : gainers and losers in the Atlantic ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has admitted that London played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade, ...

A memorial to enslaved Africans transported on Lancaster-owned ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade has been ...

Benin has appointed renowned American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a seasoned producer and author, as ...