15th Century (1400-1499)
The Obas of Benin (1200 to the present) : A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries
In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule...
Juan Beltrán de Magaña (1537-1578)
Juan Beltrán de Magaña was a black conquistador of Chile. He was born in Guadalajara, Spain in 1537 to Francisco Gonzalez Mencia and...
Santo Domingo de Guzman, The Dominican Republic (1496- )
Santo Domingo de Guzman, the capital of the Dominican Republic and the cultural, financial, and industrial center of the nation,...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (15th century- )
Ouagadougou is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso. The Mossi people settled Ouagadougou in the fifteenth century. During...
Nassau, The Bahamas (1492- )
Nassau is the capital city and chief port of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, an archipelago of over 700 islands...
Lilongwe, Malawi (15th Century- )
Lilongwe, named after the Lilongwe River that runs through the town, became the official capital of the landlocked country of...
St. Maurice (ca. 250-ca. 287)
St. Maurice is commemorated throughout churches in modern Germany as a black African dressed as a Roman Solider. That depiction...
Monomutapa (ca. 1450-1917)
When Great Zimbabwe began its economic and military decline in the late 1400s, some of the city’s elites migrated 200...
Great Zimbabwe (ca. 1000-1550 AD)
The city of Great Zimbabwe existed in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa from the 11th century to the mid-16th century. ...
