According to Silvio Torres-Saillant, a leading Dominican studies scholar, “Blacks and mulattoes make up nearly 90% of the contemporary Dominican population; Yet no other country in the hemisphere exhibits greater indeterminacy regarding the population‟s sense of racial identity.” The Dominican Republic was the first port of entry of slaves in the Americas, and the site of the first slave […]

Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), P.C., was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. Overseeing the nation’s independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana. An influential 20th-century advocate of Pan-Africanism, he was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and […]

Queen Anna Nzingha: the Fearless African and Angolan Queen Who Defended Her People Against Slavery

 Queen Anna Nzinga (circa 1581–1663) one of the great women rulers of Africa. She is also known as Ana de Sousa Nzingha Mbande and was a 17th century queen (muchino a muhatu) of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in southwestern Africa-Angola (Ngola was both a name and a title in Ndongo). Ndola Nzingha fought against the slave trade and European influence in the […]

Andamanese Tribe: One of the Earliest African Natives of Asia and the Original Inhabitants of India

The Andamanese tribe may today be seen as facing extinction and still consigned to the hinterlands of India where they suffer massive humiliation as a group of black Africans, but they are one of the original Africans (blacks) who inhabited Asia and the country India before the arrival of the Mangolians or so-called Asians. Out […]

Prince Dom Nicolau of Kongo:.one of the Earliest African and the First Angolan Ruler to Protest Against Colonialism

Dom Nicolau, prince of Kongo (Circa. 1830-1860) also known as Nicolau I Misaki mia Nimi is perhaps the earliest African leader who wrote publicly to protest colonial influences. Nicolau,  or  Nicolas,  protested  against  Portuguese  commercial  and political  activity  and military  expansion  by  publishing  a letter  in  a Portuguese newspaper in  Lisbon.             […]

The African Origin of Tango

The modern tango, a slick, sultry dance which today is a cornerstone of Argentine cultural identity, has a long and complex history. There is much debate over the exact origins of what we now know as the tango, however one undeniable truth remains the immense influence of Afro-Argentines in the formation of the tango. The […]

Ota Benga: the African (congolese) Pygmy Man Who Was Put on Display in the Zoo for the White Public to Watch for Amusement

“One of the most fascinating stories about the effects of evolution on human relations is the story of Ota Benga, a pygmy who was put on display in a zoo as an example of an evolutionarily inferior race. The incident clearly reveals the racism of evolutionary theory and the extent to which the theory gripped […]

King Sundiata Keita: the Lion King and the “heroic Founder” of Mali

King Sundiata Keita ( (circa. 1217–c. 1260) also known as  Sunjata Keyita, Mari Djata the first or just Sundiata. Djata means Lion in Mandinka so he is often referred to as the Lion King. He was a weak. sickly and a crippled boy who rose to greatness. He created the Empire of Mali, which lasted about 300 years.         […]

Hadzabe Tribe: the Last Archers of Africa

The very existence of the Hadza people of East Africa the last true hunter-gatherer foragers in Africa is an astonishing phenomenon at best. And even more so in a world where relentless ‘progress’ and limited resources have extinguished so many traditional cultural practices. Yet this small community of some 300 indigenous inhabitants found along most […]

Pan-africanist W. E. B Du Bois: a Great Man of Many Parts

As remarked once by Martin Luther King Jr. “history cannot ignore W.E.B. DuBois because history has to reflect truth and Dr. DuBois was a tireless explorer and a gifted discoverer of social truths. His singular greatness lay in his quest for truth about his own people. There were very few scholars who concerned themselves with […]

African Descendants in Panama (afro-panamanians)

Afro-Panamanian are Panamanians of African descent. Afro-Panamanians are 15% of the population and it is estimated 50% of Panamanians have African ancestry. The Afro-Panamanian population can be broken into the “Afro-Colonial”, Afro-Panamanians descended from slaves brought to Panama during the colonial period and the “Afro-Antillean”, West Indian immigrants from Trinidad, Barbados, Martinique and Jamaica, brought […]