who examined six 19th century West African swords, using a non-invasive multimethodological approach to reveal the composition and manufacturing history of the iron implements. These striking ...

By the 12th century, this transient craft was thought to have traveled to the West via the ... the use of arsenic in wallpapers obsolete by the end of the 19th century. Historic designs however ...

What were the motives behind the European colonisation of Africa at the end of the 19th century? Did the stamping ... British activity on the West African coast was centred around the lucrative ...

From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the West African kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin) was protected by an all-female regiment of warriors. Depicted here in a 19th-century lithographic ...

They were found to have descended from just a few African populations, in particular West ... the 16th to 19th century in the transatlantic slave trade, a brutal chapter in human history.

Ghana is receiving 28 gold ornaments and regalia crafted by 19th-century artisans of the Asante court in a historic restitution ... showcasing some of the finest examples of West African goldsmithing, ...