Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...

A monument which has been created to honour Portsmouth sailors who saved thousands of people from slavery has been left ...

The power of storytelling has always been at the heart of Black resistance. Long before social media activism and viral ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of ...

Last two months, before leaving office, Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo granted citizenship to 524 diaspora members, mostly ...

New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects.

You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...

Junior Marshall spent 11 years in jail for a crime that he didn’t commit. His exoneration and release triggered a royal ...

Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in ...

Jimmy Carter’s body has been interned after a century of energetic engagement on the earth’s surface. But his legacy remains ...

Kirsch has contributed a fascinating, beautifully written book that illuminates how we got to this dismal place, and provides ...