In this article I argue that the archaeology of slavery and the slave trade in Africa is possible. Like history and economics, archaeology is well placed to investigate slavery in Africa as it already does effectively in the Americas. Using the study of defensive rock shelters in Southeast ...
The term ruga-ruga dates back to when there was a Nyamwezi-chieftain, named Mirambo, who had taken control of parts of Southeast Africa during the time when trade and slavery became more and more prominent as non-African colonists reached further and further into Africa. Mirambo took control...
Anti-slavery treaties were signed with over 50 African rulers. The largest powers of West Africa (the Asante Confederacy, the Kingdom of Dahomey, and the Oyo Empire) adopted different ways of adapting to the shift. Asante and Dahomey concentrated on the development of "legitimate commerce" in ...
August 2019 marked the 400th anniversary of the moment “20 and Odd” enslaved Africans were first brought to English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in Hampton, VA, a site now known asFort Monroe National Monument. This landing inaugurated 246 years of racialized United States slavery a...
slavery treaties with local chiefs and to explore the course of the River Niger. However, so-called 'river fever' brought an untimely end to the expedition and it was abandoned. They used three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja, at the confluence of the Niger River and Benue...
Explorers of the Nile The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventureby Tim Jeal A“highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile ( The Washington Post ). Nothing obsessed explorers...
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” Although these lines might seem enigmatic at first, they are perfectly readable when seen in the context of the song-titles. Both reference the Black resistance against slavery during the seventeenth and eighteenth century when fugitive slaves, so called maroons, founded settlements in the ...
You should be using indigenous name and portraying your naturalness, including hair…’ Another commentator added, ‘This woman is from Uganda, she has a Ugandan accent but Nakate is really not her name, she needs to use her tribal name!!!’ Both commentators suggest that Vanessa will have...
the end of the Seminole Wars, the Seminole tribe of Florida regained federal recognition. Over the next 50 years the tribe developed economic programs ranging from citrus production to tourist attractions andinfrastructure, including an ecotourism park, a tribalmuseum, a casino, and a private ...