Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South Africa. … Read More … Read MorePeter Abrahams (1919-2017)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As you can see from the 1520 Tapestry from Lisbon, Portugal, musicians of African ancestry have contributed to the world of musical sound for centuries. This page, the BlackPast.org Music Library, uses YouTube videos to provide representative samples of the varied types of music composed … Read More … Read MoreThe BlackPast Music Library, 530-2021
Listed below are links to major African, Latin American and West Indian newspapers, magazines and journals. In some instances these links also include the archives of these media sources. Newspapers | Magazines | Scholarly Journals NEWSPAPERS Africa Angola Luanda Journal de Angola Botswana Gaborone Botswana … Read More … Read MoreGlobal African History Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals
Emperor Haile Selassie was born on July 23, 1892 as Tafari Makonnen just outside the city of Harrar in Enjersa Goro Province, Ethiopia. His mother was Yeshimbet Ali Abajiffar and his father was Ras (Duke) Makonnen Wolde Michael, Governor of Harrar, relative of Emperor Menelik … Read More … Read MoreHaile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975)
The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia, a process it began after the 1885 Partition of Africa. Italy was defeated in its first attempt at conquest at the battle of Adwa in 1896, allowing Ethiopia to become the only African nation to remain … Read More … Read MoreThe Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935–1936)
In the following account, Professor Allison Blakely of Boston University describes the presence of blacks in Early Modern Europe. His article reminds us that persons of African ancestry resided across Europe. Their numbers ranged from a few hundred scattered across Germany, Scandinavia and Russia in … Read More … Read MoreThe Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History
By the standards of African American history, Bishop Randall Albert Carter is a little known figure. Born in Fort Valley, Georgia on January 1, 1867, he was educated at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina and Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. An active pastor in … Read More … Read More(1923) Bishop Randall Albert Carter, “Whence and Whither“
In the following article, University of Louisville historian John McLeod surveys illustrative episodes in the long history of the Siddis, or African-Indians (Indians of African Ancestry), dating back to the thirteenth century. There have been people of African descent in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. … Read More … Read MoreWho are the Siddis? A Brief Introduction to the 800-Year African Experience in India
Asmara (Asmera) is the largest city and capital of the modern state of Eritrea. It was also the capital of Eritrea when it was a colony under Italian rule. Asmara is located in the highlands of Eritrea on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. … Read More … Read MoreAsmara, Eritrea (ca. 1000- )
Amha Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was proclaimed ruler of the state three times, first in 1960, then in 1975, and finally while in exile in 1989. Selassie was born Asfaw Wossen Tafari in the walled city of Harrar in August 1916 to Dejazmach … Read More … Read MoreAmha Selassie (1916-1997)
