Centuries after the end of the slave trade, people of African descent around the world continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks,” concluded a recent ...

Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, speaks at the Africa Union reparation conference held in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Nov. 16.

A report from Cambridge University Press reveals that Salaga was one of the leading slave markets in West Africa during the 1880s. The story of the enslaved people—their origins, who brought ...

The setting was Cape Coast Castle, a 17th-century structure overlooking the Atlantic on the coast of the West African nation of Ghana. Swedes built the castle for use in the trade of timber and gold.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered remarks on the history of the Atlantic slave trade Tuesday, speaking from a 17th century Swedish military fort at Cape Coast.

President Barack Obama also visited the slave port in Ghana in 2009. On his trip, Mr. Obama said that Africa needed to take greater responsibility for the corruption and tyranny in the region.

[1/11]U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks after touring the Cape Coast slave castle during her week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Cape Coast, Ghana March 28, 2023.

The U.S. pop star became a citizen under a new law in Benin aimed at descendants of enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa.

Centuries after the end of the slave trade, people of African descent around the world continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialized attacks,” concluded a recent ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago ...

Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, speaks at the Africa Union reparation conference held in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, speaks at the Africa Union reparation conference held in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Global Reparation Fund ...