A 2,400-year-old iron smelting workshop in Senegal ran for nearly 800 years and barely changed its technique throughout. New research reveals what that kind of continuity looks like in the ground. #Archaeology #AfricanHistory #Archaeometallurgy
Some returns carry more than history…
they carry dignity.
From institutions like the Iziko Museums of South Africa and the Natural History Museum Vienna, ancestral remains taken during colonial rule are finally coming home—
not as artifacts, but as people.
#TAIKinforms #AfricanHistory
👑 A 19th-century illustration by Achille Devéria of Queen Nzinga (aka Zingha) of Matamba (l. c. 1583-1663), a kingdom that ruled in what is today Angola. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #QueenNzinga #Angola #Africa #AfricanHistory #History #HistoricalWomen
#Ghana #Reparations #BlackAmericans #news #AfricanHistory #SlaveTrade #Diaspora #FBA #YouTube #Unitednations #AfricanUnion #Blackpodcast #BlackSky
Ghana Calls For Reparation When They Owe Reparations To Black Americans For Enslaving Ancestors
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"But from 1967 onwards, Israel deepened relations with the apartheid South African regime"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%...
IOF = isntraeli occupation forces
(1/2)
#africanhistory #middleeast #wmd #palestine #blacksky #addtoblacksky
VINTAGE POSTCARD Negre Black Man Senegalese Village Carries Toucouleurs Shirt
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#VintagePostcard #SenegaleseVillage #BlackHeritage #ToucouleursCulture #AfricanHistory #VintageAfrica #ColonialPostcard #TraditionalDress #SenegalMemories
Did colonization ever actually work for the people it was brought to?
From the Berlin Conference to the Congo Free State to the Bengal Famine, the pattern is consistent:
Extraction moved outward.
The consequences stayed.
The record is there.
#Colonization #AfricanHistory #UncomfortableQuestions
A short little “did you know” fun historical fact on West African griots.
#TAIKinspires #DidYouKnow #AfricanHistory #Griot #OralTradition #WestAfrica #AfricanCulture #UntoldStories #Storytelling #CulturalHeritage #IndigenousKnowledge #HistoryMatters
Friday fun day. Enjoy!!! Dey papay and his man nah joint the dance. #liberiantiktok🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 #landofliberty #africanhistory #presidents
Black and white illustration of the objects listed in the title, arranged with the umbrella canopy above everything like a gruesome Tiffany lamp
No one ever expects an umbrella to be adorned with jawbones, do they? (Or maybe, just maybe, accuracy wasn't the main goal for this book.)
<<The Jaw Umbrella, Gelelé's Stool, Guns, Sticks, Swords, etc.>>
Illustration from the 1874 European book "Dahomey as it […]
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How Nelson Mandela fought against Apartheid and became such a crucial figure in African history youtu.be/kxlbByy1URk?... #NelsonMandela #AfricanHistory
Убивство президента Нгуабі.
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#МарєнНгуабі #РеспублікаКонго #Африка1970ті #політичневбивство #історіяАфрики
#MarienNgouabi #RepublicOfCongo #AfricanHistory #ColdWarAfrica #PoliticalAssassination
How is South Africa faring 30 years after the fall of apartheid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWYMJWgN-Q
#BlackHistory365 #OnThisDay #EndApartheid #SouthAfricaHistory #NelsonMandela #CivilRightsHistory #FreedomStruggle #AfricanHistory #TheEnglandManor
The vote to end Apartheid.
Shared from @BBCRadio4 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
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#BlackHistory365 #OnThisDay #EndApartheid #SouthAfricaHistory #NelsonMandela #CivilRightsHistory #FreedomStruggle #AfricanHistory #TheEnglandManor
📚 On This Day in Black History – March 17, 1992 📚
Today we recognize a historic turning point in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
#BlackHistory365 #OnThisDay #EndApartheid #SouthAfricaHistory #NelsonMandela #CivilRightsHistory #FreedomStruggle #AfricanHistory #TheEnglandManor
Women in African history are so often forgotten…
even the ones who helped build nations.
Bibi Titi Mohammed rose from the margins of colonial Tanganyika—with little formal education, but undeniable force. #TAIKeducates #AfricanHistory #UntoldStories #WomenInHistory #AfricanWomen
Description of call for papers at PanAfrican Archaeological Association Conference. Follow link in post for text version.
Looking forward to seeing all Africanists 🌍 exploring human-insect worlds 🪲 in Maputo 🇲🇿! Abstract by 30 March t.co/APhZy4lOGZ
#archaeology #entomology #africanhistory 🏺
One of the most dangerous lies that was used to take whatever land they wanted youtu.be/3GWqM-IoAgM?... #AfricanHistory
Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism’s High Tide
Howard W. French
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newbooksnetwork.com/kwame-nkruma... #africanhistory #decolonization
Around 1,200 years ago, African merchants and sailors from the Swahili Coast lived in Guangzhou during the Tang dynasty. Chinese texts called them “Kunlun,” describing dark-skinned seafarers skilled in diving and navigation.
#AfricanHistory #TangDynasty #IndianOceanTrade #SwahilCoast
#Africa #Trade
Sir Dawda Jawara, a 👨🏿⚕️veterinarian turned founding leader, guided 🇬🇲Gambia’s independence in 1965. 📜 Institutions matter. Markets grow where foundations are built. 🌍📈 Builders shape generations. #Kurudy #diaspora #Gambia #AfricanHistory #Leadership
Amistad: The Federal Courts and the Challenge to Slavery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSx9tjj_jyY
#BlackHistory365 #Amistad #SengbePieh #JohnQuincyAdams #AbolitionistMovement #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #FreedomStruggle #Resistance #AfricanHistory
Ancient Egypt.
Love. Power. Destiny.
This is a glimpse into The Weight of the Feather, part of my queer African historical fiction anthology Ngochani Rudo.
📚 Read the story and more here: bit.ly/4bv3Tbb
#HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor #AfricanHistory #BlackStories
Newly Discovered Document Confirms a ‘Legendary’ African King www.medievalists.net/2026/03/newl... #history #AfricanHistory #Nubia
Ethiopia is the only country that was never conquered by white people.
It was because every time a white person "found" them, they were treated well but never allowed to leave.
#blackhistory #africanhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Igbo girl preparing food while sitting on an ozo stool.
Photographed by P. A. Mc C, late 19th century.#IgboCulture #OzoTitle #IgboHeritage #AfricanHistory #PrecolonialIgbo
HELIOX Podcast - Where Evidence Meets Empathy
POV: You dig up a rubbish heap in ancient Sudan. You find a crumpled piece of paper with text. Turns out it was dictated by a ruler history called a myth.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com
#AfricanHistory #Archaeology
Historical image of Kwame Nkrumah
In 1957, a single declaration in Accra would shatter the myth of permanent colonial rule in Africa. Ghana was about to become the first sub-Saharan nation to win its independence. #history #cronologia #AfricanHistory
Men standing with metal hoppers on narrow-gauge tracks:Workers at the Udi coal mine on the hillside above the town of Enugu by E.H. Duckworth in 1930#Enugu #CoalMining #NigerianHistory #IgboHistory #AfricanHistory #ColonialNigeria #UdiCoalMine #EnuguCoal #HistoryOfNigeria #IgboCulture
👨🏿🎨Don Leandro Mbomio Nsue preserved Equatorial Guinea’s artistic identity 🎨 Cultural confidence builds brands. Brands drive tourism. Tourism drives capital 💰🌍
#Kurudy #diaspora #EquatorialGuinea #AfricanHistory #CreativeEconomy
