History

On April 15, 1848, seventy-seven African American slaves boarded the Pearl, a schooner meant to carry them to freedom. This escape— the largest ever...

On April 4, 1960, Senegal became independent. A look back at the broken hopes of the Mali Federation, between thwarted pan-Africanism and fragmented sovereignty. There...

To mark the release of Fanon, a film directed by Jean-Claude Barny (in theaters on April 2, 2025), NOFI pays tribute to one of...

Redrawing our roots At the heart of human history, long before civilizations arose and continents bore borders, lived a woman: Mitochondrial Eve. Not the first...

Long erased from classical narratives, Africa was nonetheless a key player in Greco-Roman Antiquity: Ethiopian kings, Nubian queens, Egyptian thinkers, Black soldiers, Roman citizens....

On April 17, 1825, France imposed a colossal debt on Haiti in exchange for recognition of its independence. A royal decree signed under military...

At the crossroads of Sufi mysticism and political strategy, Usman dan Fodio built the largest Islamic state in sub-Saharan Africa during the 19th century....

Written in the solitude of a Birmingham cell on April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter is far more than a plea for...

Frantz Fanon’s thought deeply influenced the strategy, discourse, and ideology of the Black Panther Party. Nofi explores this intellectual lineage between African anticolonial struggles...