According to legend, the Aksumite king Ezana (reigned ca ... Although the ancient civilizations of the Horn of Africa have remained on the periphery of research compared to other contemporaneous ...

10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...

Africa used to boast a rich royal heritage, where kings ruled supreme over their communities and countries. Although many essentially performed a ceremonial role, the kings garnered substantial ...