10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...

King Mzilikazi commemorations will run for two days this year, marking a new development in the event’s history. Mthwakazi ka Mzilikazi Cultural Association (MMCA) Mhlahlandlela steering committee ...

creeping ever longer as the north African sun sinks beyond the horizon. This is where our history of Egypt begins, in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza, where stone meets sky as a testament ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern ... The story goes that once the king saw the enemy army nearing the capital of ...