An early acquaintance was Abu Waleed Muhammed Ibn Rushd, known in the West as Averroes - one of the ... courts of Andalusia to the deserts of North Africa, and ultimately to the heart of the ...

When local Indigenous populations started to decline, people were forcibly transported from parts of Europe and Africa to the West Indies and ... "Slavery in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early ...

living in “Ethiopia”—a name Romans used to describe various parts of Africa west and south of Egypt. These deeply rooted beliefs lasted for centuries, with many medieval scholars and theologians ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

Vogue writer Ranyechi Udemezue shares the habits she learned from her grandmothers and how they inform her wellness routine ...

One ex-capital city is home to 4,200 millionaires and two billionaires, making it the richest city in West Africa, and the fifth wealthiest city in the whole continent. In this sprawling city ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

In the Medieval and Renaissance eras ... with hymns and spirituals that spoke of hope and endurance. The pulse of African-American music took shape against the backdrop of slavery, with spirituals ...