Amid the global debate about race relations, colonialism and slavery, some of the Europeans and Americans who made their fortunes in trading human beings have seen their legacies reassessed, their statues toppled and their names […]
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival of Africans in Virginia, a Philadelphia travel agency has organized a once-in-a-lifetime historic trip, retracing the steps of history in Ghana, dating back to 1619, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the commencement of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade should be an opportunity for Africans to work together to restore the pride and dignity […]
At least some 42 children have been rescued from forced labour on the Volta Lake by a non-governmental organization, Challenging Heights in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Navy, the Department of Social […]
Jeremy Corbyn has recently proposed that British school children should be taught about the history of the realities of British imperialism and colonialism. This would include the history of people of colour as components of, […]
Workers are seen in their accommodation during a tour at the construction site of the Al Bayt Stadium and the workers accommodation ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Photo: Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images The men employed […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana says the time has come for people of African descent to make the journey back home. Ghana is offering African-Americans and Caribbean people the opportunity to return and the right […]
I read with some level of disquiet the report in the Guardian newspaper of November 5, 2018, of the visit of a member of the British royal family, Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla, to Ghana, a […]
Google Doodles are special logos featured on the search engine’s homepage that commemorate holidays, events and people – today’s is British slave abolitionist Mary Prince. Who was Mary Prince? Mary Prince was born into slavery […]
A couple in Southlake, Texas, has been charged with forced, unpaid labour of a domestic servant after allegedly keeping a young West African girl in their home for more than 16 years until neighbours helped […]
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