he united several of West Africa’s kingdoms to defeat Ghana’s king, Sumanguru. He then began to conquer more land in the area, calling his new kingdom the Mali Empire. Records of oral history ...

A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of ...

What does it take to bury an outdated argument? The thought occurred while reading Motherland, one of a series of recent ...

The West Africa Squadron’s operations officially ended in 1867 when the squadron was incorporated into the Cape of Good Hope Station based in South Africa. Throughout its history, the squadron ...

In this adapted excerpt, we meet Balla Kouyaté, one in a long line of West African "djelis," men who function as living history books to preserve stories, culture, and traditions. Some ...