by | Apr 16, 2024 | Global African History, Perspectives
In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule of the Obas of Benin, a continuous dynasty of the West African state of Benin (now in present-day Nigeria) that began in the 13th Century and is...
![[King Magi] The Black Magus (ca. 1350- )](https://new.blackpast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The_Adoration_of_the_Magi__c__1520.jpg)
by SmitherWilliam | Aug 9, 2013 | African American History, Concepts, Global African History
The black Magus, or King, in Renaissance Adoration pictures is an enigmatic figure as no black African king is known to have visited Europe during this period. However, blacks, at the time, were known in a wide range of other guises from slaves to saints. The image...
by GiffinSusan | Jul 6, 2010 | Global African History, Places
Lagos is the largest city and chief port of modern Nigeria. The area that is now Lagos was settled by Yoruba people during the fourteenth century. The founders created a coastal village they called Eko. In the 1760s, Portuguese traders settled there and began using...
by SlaughterMichael | May 30, 2009 | Global African History, Places
Buganda, the largest of the medieval kingdoms in present-day Uganda, became an important and powerful state during the 19th century. Established in the late 14th century along the shore of Lake Victoria, it evolved around its founding kabaka (king) Kintu, who came to...
by PengraLilah | Jun 14, 2008 | Global African History, People
Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa. His elaborate pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe. His leadership...
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