Growing up in Nigeria's cocoa farming area of Ikom in the southeast, Anyoghe Akwa did not see much of a future, so instead he ...

In the last decade of the 19th century, the French and British fought with the Benin and Dahomey kingdoms, conquered them and freed all ...

The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

For more than a decade, a collection of masterful works from the West African Kingdom of Benin have held pride of place at the Museum of Fine Arts, in a dedicated gallery just off the museum’s ...

I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. On her twenty-first ...

When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its ...

(Applause.) I believe that to be true. I believe that's always been true -- from the dawn of the first man to the youth today, and all that came in between here in Africa -- kingdoms come and gone; ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for generations ...

UK photographer Zed Nelson's four-continent project, highlighting humanity's complex relationship with nature, earned him ...

Central Africa showcasing the kingdoms of Kongo, Luba and Teke; and Southern and Eastern Africa, which celebrate the Zulu and Ethiopian cultures. It concludes with a section on contemporary ...

The Kongo Mosque, that is believed to date back to the 14th century, is believed to be one of the oldest mosques in East Africa, having been used by Persians and a key entry point for trade. Its coral ...