The transatlantic slave trade is rife with figures who, through their actions, defined the brutal systems of commerce that sustained the colonial economies of the Caribbean. Among them, Alexandre Lindo, a Jewish Jamaican slave trader and ship captain, stands...
The Samba Rebellion, a purported slave revolt in French colonial Louisiana, remains one of the lesser-known events in early American history, recorded primarily through the writings of Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, a French historian who lived in Louisiana.
According...
The Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea believe that everything in the world was created to address the issues of cold and hunger.
The Kaluli are a clan of indigenous people who live in the rain forests of the Great...
Lucy Terry was a gifted storyteller, orator, and poet, renowned for being the author of “Bars Fight” (1746), the oldest known literary work by an African American.
Lucy Terry was born around 1733 on the African continent. Like many others...
The story of Celia is similar to that of Lena Baker, a black maid who was Sentenced to the Electric Chair for Defending Herself Against her Rapist Employer. However, unlike Baker, Celia was a slave with no legal rights,...
Pope Nicholas V, born Tommaso Parentucelli in 1397, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1447 until his death in 1455. While his pontificate is remembered for its contributions to art, and...
Bud Johnson, was a 34-year-old African American farmer and World War I veteran, who was tortured and killed by a white mob after being falsely accused of assaulting a white woman. His tragic death sent a clear message that,...
Ruben Um Nyobè may not be widely known, but he was a significant figure in the African independence movement, fighting passionately for Cameroon’s independence from French colonial rule. His vision for a free and united Cameroon, along with his...
Charles Colcock Jones was a slaveholder, and missionary who dedicated his life to teaching the Christian gospel to enslaved people with the specific goal of making them more obedient and submissive.
In the summer of 1919, a black man named Eli Cooper was lynched in Georgia for allegedly making statements that offended the white community. His words, seen as a threat to the racial hierarchy of the time, ultimately led...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.