Kongo Kingdom Kongo Kingdom. When King Afonso I (1509–1542) died at the age of almost eighty, he left a multigenerational…
Biafra War The Biafra War. Within the first five years after it gained independence, Nigeria was confronted with a number…
Egypt is plainly a part of Africa, and yet this simple truth has been disputed by Western researchers, who tried…
Mutapa State The Mutapa State was founded in the fifteenth century, following the sudden fall of Great Zimbabwe. It was…
Ancient Egypt Throughout their roughly 3,000-year dynasty history, the ancient Egyptians considered their country “Two Lands,” the union of which…
When an unexplained ancient language was discovered on the bandages of a mummy’s wrappings in the 1800s, Egyptologists were perplexed.…
Empire of Ghana Empire of Ghana, a former African monarchy, was established in the western savanna of the continent. The…
Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia’s 225th ruler from 1930 to 1974, was the son of Ras (Prince) Makonnen, Emperor Menelik II’s…
Ironworking in Africa The phrase “Iron Age” is both useful and deceptive as a historical indicator. It suggests a dramatic…
Benin Kingdom The Benin Kingdom was located in the western Niger Delta. A variety of councils and societies made up…