Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigeria and Africa to break free from the lingering effects of slavery, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism to achieve meaningful political ...

Obasanjo has warned that Africa could return to slavery if it forgets the devastating impact of slave trade. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned that Africans might go back into slavery if they ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said he has since dropped Matthew from his name because he did not fancy it.

African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...

African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...

In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin) became big players in the slave trade, waging a bitter ... Some of the descendants of African traders are alive today.

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...

The WKU Africana Studies program hosted Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, a historian, author and history professor at Howard University, ...