The "Preamble" and "Articles" of the Free African Society (FAS) provide a succinct portrait of the organization, the first of its kind in Philadelphia, and probably the first in America.

Functioning as quasi-religious organizations, these societies often gave rise to independent black churches. In 1787, for example, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones organized the Free African ...

One year after accepting the job, the first woman and the first African to head the Open Society Foundations finds time ...

Election commissions should look to South Africa for lessons on how to advance free expression and access to information online.

It was an important centre for the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. Slavery had existed in African societies before European arrival. Demand for enslaved labour from Europeans turned the ...