Germany asks forgiveness for Tanzania colonial crimes
German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s.
2023-11-02 00:18
Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist
Quobna Cugoano was captured by slavers aged 13 but later played a big part in the UK abolition movement.
2023-09-20 09:58
David Harewood: Actor says the government should apologise for slavery
David Harewood visits a stately home built using the profits of plantations where his ancestors were enslaved.
2023-09-06 00:20
Gnawa music: Morocco's Asmâa Hamzaoui takes centre-stage
Morocco's Asmâa Hamzaoui learned to play the main instrument in Gnawa music from her father.
2023-09-02 07:49
Georgia renames square after first black Civil War nurse
Susie King Taylor's name replaces pro-slavery former US vice-president John C Calhoun.
2023-08-26 04:54
Harris rejects invite to debate slavery with Ron DeSantis
WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday rejected an invitation from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to discuss
2023-08-02 04:17
First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana's coast
Archaeologists in Ghana say they have found the 17th Century remains of the long-lost Fort Kormantine.
2023-08-01 08:59
Florida's new black history curriculum 'sanitized', say critics
The revised standards for black history lessons suggest some received "personal benefit" from slavery.
2023-07-21 07:57
King apologises for Netherlands' historic role in slavery
AMSTERDAM Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that
2023-07-01 21:27
Organ harvesting: Trafficked for his kidney and now forced into hiding
The inside story of the Nigerian market trader whose case exposed illegal organ removal in the UK.
2023-06-27 08:23
As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
Though Juneteenth commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery.
2023-06-18 16:15
Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US Constitution
A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude "as a punishment for crime."
2023-06-17 01:29