Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help ...

followed by an explanation on the origin of the term African American, and one man's search for his family history The Atlantic slave trade was shaped and driven by commercial forces of profit and ...

sold to slave traders, while poverty and famine also led some to volunteer either themselves or their children into slavery. Investigate effects of the trade on African societies in West Africa.

The storyteller joins a team of African American divers on their worldwide quest to shed light on the untold history of the ...

A new book called The Two Princes of Mpfumo tells the fascinating story of a pair of royals from Mozambique in southern ...

Nantes, once France's largest slave-trading port, now honours its history with a powerful memorial to the transatlantic slave trade ...

In the 17th century, the Indian ocean slave trade was arguably on a bigger scale than the Atlantic slave trade. The hub of this vile industry was in modern-day Tanzania, an area that specialized ...

Tara Roberts, Explorer-in-Residence for National Geographic, came to Western Illinois University in Macomb to talk about her ...

Stewart mentors young people in diving, marine archaeology and leadership skills — with a focus on preserving Black history ...

A statue celebrating members of the Royal Navy who helped to end the Atlantic ... of the British slave trade in 1807, a Royal Navy squadron was stationed off the West African coast to intercept ...