Olaudah Equiano, former slave Slavery became a highly profitable system for white plantation ... African arrivals had shown English settlers how rice could be grown in the swampy coastal environment.

Gullah music's South Carolina culture is centuries old. Bands like Grammy winning Ranky Tanky are keeping the tradition alive ...

Such collaborations are expected to enhance the collective capacity of biosphere reserves across Africa in addressing conservation challenges. Managers from 20 marine and coastal biosphere reserves ...

In the village of Apouh, in southwestern Cameroon’s Edéa municipality, a group of women has remained steadfast in its fight ...

Coastal West Africa has historically ranked low in the hierarchy of U.S. interests. However, increased instability in the region would erode decades of U.S. investment in humanitarian and ...

Amy Lotson Mitchell, another coastal Georgia native ... Black community from local plantations, Mitchell is now the historian for the St. Simons African American Heritage Coalition.

U.S. News Insider Tip: For a full-day adventure, visit Kingsley Plantation in the morning and ... was a common occurrence for free people of African descent. This would all change when Florida ...