The Kingdom of Kongo: A Capital, a Court and an Atlantic World
From Mbanza Kongo’s royal court to raffia workshops, Christian scholarship and Atlantic diplomacy, the kingdom’s history reveals centuries of African government, creativity and struggle.
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Slavery and Emancipation
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Dahomey and Abomey: The Palaces That Recorded a Kingdom
Read the article: Dahomey and Abomey: The Palaces That Recorded a KingdomAbomey’s palaces preserve histories of craftsmanship, royal authority, women’s political and military service, and the violence of slave trading and colonial conquest. Objects, oral testimony and…
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Jamaica’s Maroons: Nanny, Treaty Towns and the Work of Freedom
Read the article: Jamaica’s Maroons: Nanny, Treaty Towns and the Work of FreedomJamaica’s Maroons built communities beyond plantation control. Their history brings together Nanny’s leadership, mountain knowledge, difficult treaties, forced Atlantic journeys and cultural traditions that remain part…
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Bussa’s Rebellion: Barbados and the Unfinished Journey to Emancipation
Read the article: Bussa’s Rebellion: Barbados and the Unfinished Journey to EmancipationThe uprising of 1816 brought enslaved Barbadians into open conflict with plantation power. Bussa, Nanny Grigg and other organisers belong to a longer struggle whose history…
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Haiti’s Citadelle: Building Independence Above the Mountains
Read the article: Haiti’s Citadelle: Building Independence Above the MountainsCitadelle Laferrière embodies Haiti’s determination to defend the freedom won through revolution. Its engineering, the rule of Henri Christophe and the labour behind its walls reveal…