National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts goes through a journey of self discover and healing while study sunken enslavement ...

1836: A West African imperialism in the era of the Atlantic slave trade ... Jan Vansina, Paths in the rainforests: toward a history of political tradition in equatorial Africa (London, 1990). Ivor ...

he united several of West Africa’s kingdoms to defeat Ghana’s king, Sumanguru. He then began to conquer more land in the area, calling his new kingdom the Mali Empire. Records of oral history ...

Griots are valued storytellers tasked with maintaining a tradition of oral history, most prominent in parts of West Africa.

Another constraint is the lack of publishing possibilities for historians based in Africa. In the west, the publishing business is broad, competitive and varied. "The problem is when you are based ...

Students of every background experienced a little bit of West African culture through food, music and dancing.