Ghana’s then President Kwame Nkrumah warmly received W.E.B. Du Bois to Accra and gave him the most comradely treatment among revolutionaries.
When Barbados declared its independence in 1966, it chose to remain in the Commonwealth realm and recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.
Protesters demanded the return of a ‘stolen’ 19th-century Gabonese mask sold at auction for €4.2 million.
Philippe also offered a traditional mask of the Suku people to Congo's national museum that has been held for decades by Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa.
France's president accused Russia of being "one of the last colonial imperial powers" during a visit to Benin, a former French colony.
The decision to give back the Namibian treasures coincides with last year's recognition of the German Empire's genocide in the early 20th century.
October is officially Black History Month in the UK and Ireland. It's also celebrated in other European countries, but why is the concept not more widely recognised?
African veterans who fought for France can now stay in their home-countries and receive pension benefits. The unfair treatment of Africans who fought in French uniform is documented in Omar Sy's latest movie, Father and Soldier.
Let's take a look back at how Zimbabwe got its name and the different names the country has had.
King Charles III backed research into the UK monarchy's ties to slavery after a document revealed that his ancestor had shares in a slave-trading company.
Hitting children is not an African tradition, on the contrary, it was actually introduced by colonial masters.
Thanks to chemical analyses, it has been discovered that the horn was a medicine container used in pre-colonial times.
During WWII, Trezzvant Anderson embedded with the Army’s first Black tank squad to see combat. He deployed their stories in the broader fight for equality.
Ten years later, Macron has done it again and has this time called Africa’s problems “civilisational”.
Ghana's Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, met with the popular museum's director to request the return of works taken from the Asante palace in Kumasi during an 1874 war with the British.
Nine African war veterans finally return to their home countries with the insurance to get their full pensions. Aged between 85 and 96 years old, the ex-soldiers who fought for France had to reside there at least half the year to receive their benefits - until this year.
