Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

What follows is part of a short chronological series on African and African American History. The educational system in the United States does not always offer a balanced history of Africa which is ...

The Caribbean stands at the crossroads of world history, yet most people only see it as a vacation destination with beaches ...

In this book, Robert Harms presents African history as an ongoing dialogue between global forces and uniquely African developments. Africans did not merely bend before global forces, he contends; they ...

South Carolina is preparing to honor another year of power with the release of the 2026 South Carolina African American ...

The Maghreb, where the Sahara meets the Mediterranean, has always been more than a borderland. With its strategic location near Europe and climate suited for settlement, it has served as a key passage ...

Zeinab Badawi, the Sudanese-born doyenne of British broadcasting and president of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies, elegantly sips tea while I opt for a number of strong ...

The Florida state board of education approved new African American history standards for grades K-12 that are drawing national criticism for the framing of certain topics, including descriptions of ...

Calvin College will present a variety of events in early February as part of its celebration of African American History Month. Calvin has a new minor in African and African American Diaspora Studies ...

Massachusetts’ Museum of African American History learned Wednesday night a three-year federal grant was terminated. Its leader worries their work is at risk after President Donald Trump issued an ...