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When thinking about the wealthiest people to ever walk the earth, names like Jeff Bezos or John D. Rockefeller usually spring to mind. However, historians generally agree that a 14th-century West ...

Bolivia may be better known for its llamas, snow-capped Andean peaks and indigenous populist President than as a seat of African royalty. Yet Bolivia is home to the only known African monarch in the ...

Reviewed by John K. Thornton in Journal of African history (Cambridge, England) 60 (3) 2019, pages 511-513. "As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Harambee Kingston will host an “African Kings and Queens” Photo Booth event on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the African Cultural Arts Center at 231 Clinton Ave.