The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

The Kush civilisation empire saved Ancient Egypt from invasion and even gave it some of its pharaohs. And she looks at the African culture, art and architecture that has been banned from school ...

Initially emphasis was placed on the ancient African empires and kingdoms and on the battles for independence. But since then, African historians have become more questioning about events in their ...

Despite its name, the old Empire of Ghana is not geographically ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence ...