In his new six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a ...

Throughout human history, forgotten civilizations that shaped history ... The Aksum Empire dominated the Horn of Africa. Aksum was famous for many things in its lifetime, including establishing ...

The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in the air ... In his two major works Nations Negres et Culture and Anteriorite des Civilizations Negres he profoundly influenced thinking about ...

In celebration of Black History Month, the Raelian Movement proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking campaign, "Adam & Eve Were Created Black" (as are all First Human Creations in The ...

Perhaps most strangely of all, given the importance of the horse to European history, why did tropical ... and military advantages to African civilization. However, the hippo's aggressive nature ...

Wole Soyinka and Late President Kwame Nkruma of Ghana In Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka condemns the notion that any of the major civilizations occurred in a vac­uum.

That has changed, especially with the December opening of Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations, a repository for African art, culture and history. The $34 million project, some 50 years in ...

Were they black Africans? Why should their origins matter so much? Is the history of Egypt being used by some African American to improve their self-esteem? Reclaiming Egypt for Africa is an ...