In most Western history books, the history of Africa before the bloody and gruesome age of colonialism is barely touched on, if at all. The tales of the great and powerful Zulu Nation, the Dahomey ...

“African Queens,” presented and co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, is about as ambitious as a recital could get: It looks back on Black ancestry with a thematic focus on great ...

Title on guide: Great kings & queens of Africa. Summary Since 1975, Anheuser-Busch has commissioned paintings of great kings and queens of Africa by accomplished black American artists. These ...

Queen Cleopatra is the second in Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of drama-docuseries hybrids; this time the focus is on one of the most famous African queens of them all, Egypt’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: The story of Alexander the Great is being given the docudrama treatment by Netflix, Deadline understands. Following on from the success of shows such as The Last Czars and African ...

Peres Owino chatted about her Emmy nomination for the series “African Queens: Njinga” on Netflix, and working with Jada Pinkett Smith. This docuseries, executive produced and narrated by Jada ...

I n 1624, the kingdom of Ndongo in West Central Africa (modern-day Angola) got a new queen: Njinga. Her life as the first female ruler (or woman king) of the region forms the story of African ...

On the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's death at the age of 96, before the news was made public, the Twitter account @Africa_Archives tweeted, "Queen Elizabeth II owns the largest clear-cut diamond ...

Karen Slack will perform “African Queens” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Newman Center on the University of Denver campus. Info: 303-871-7720 or friendsofchambermusic.com.

With ‘African Queens,’ Karen Slack puts her stamp on Black history. ... Eva and Corinne, from their great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Ufua of Esanland. ...