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German-Herero conflict of 1904–07, the conflict between the Herero people and German colonial troops in German southwest Africa in 1904, and the ensuing events of...

Cuba’s Commitment to Preserving Afro-Cuban Culture and History Since its inception as one of the founding partners of UNESCO’s The Slave Route: Resistance, freedom, and...

San Severino Castle, located in Matanzas, Cuba, holds significant historical and cultural importance in the region. Built-in 1735 with the primary purpose of protecting the...

Attempts to suppress the transatlantic slave trade after British abolition in 1807 increased the number of Africans smuggled into Cuba. It was not until 1820...

The first Africans taken to the Americas went in small numbers, not directly from Africa, but via Spain and Portugal and the Atlantic sea islands....

The Afro-Peruvian Museum (Zaña-Chiclayo, Peru), rescues, preserves, documents, communicates and educates the public on the histories, cultures, and heritage of people of African descent in...

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a man whose life story defied the odds and revealed the resilience of the human...

The British rose to slave-trading prominence in the seventeenth century, overshadowing in complexity and scale the participation of all other Northern European powers in the...

Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a pivotal figure in the movement to abolish the transatlantic slave trade. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative...

Ottobah Cugoano was an African-born abolitionist who rose to prominence after gaining his freedom in England. Cugoano was born around 1757 in present-day Ghana. His...