Igbo family in traditional attire.
When people talk about pre-colonial African societies, they often imagine kings, chiefs, and empires. But the Igbo of southeastern Nigeria were different. They didn’t have kings…
The image is a depiction of the flag of the Aro Confederacy
The Aro Confederacy was one of the most influential pre-colonial political and economic systems in southeastern Nigeria. Established by…
The photo credit for the image is Kanaga Africa Tours. The image depicts participants in the annual Fête du Vodoun (Vodoun Festival) in Ouidah, Benin.
Voodoo, or Vodun as it is…
The image shows a session of the Sovereign National Conference (Conférence des Forces Vives de la Nation) in Benin. Photo Credit: The photo is commonly attributed to a collection from…
photograph of Alice Stevens, the last native speaker of Virgin Islands Dutch Creole, with a woman who is likely a researcher or linguist.
The extinction of Berbice Dutch Creole (Berbice Dutch)…
A map of Guyana showing its borders with Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname, as well as its major cities, rivers, and the Atlantic Ocean. The map also indicates an area claimed…
The photograph is credited to G.I. Jones.
The connection between the Eastern Ijo of the Niger Delta and Guyana is rooted in linguistic history, where words from the Eastern Ijo language…
Chief Okoye Odili (Okoye Chief) of Adegbe Umueri. Photo: Akukoeri.wordpress.com
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Umueri community in the Omambala region of present-day Anambra State was led…
The images show various Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, which are artifacts from a 9th-century civilization in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
The Igbo-Ukwu discoveries are renowned for their sophisticated 9th-century bronze artifacts, which…
The image is a portrait of Béhanzin, the eleventh and last king of Dahomey (present-day Benin), who reigned from 1889 to 1894. The caption identifies the subject as "BEHANZIN.”
King Béhanzin,…