Millions of people were abducted from West Africa and forcibly trafficked to the Americas over the 400 years of the ...

Tara Roberts, the first Black woman to ever grace the cover of the National Geographic magazine, is tracking slave ships.

Ghana, often referred to as the ldquo;Gateway to Africa, rdquo; is a vibrant country full of history, culture, adventure, and ...

Ghana, the gateway to West Africa, is a country rich in history, culture, spirituality, and natural beauty. From stunning ...

On a road trip through the sleepy towns and coastal waterways of the region, Tayari Jones uncovers a history more relevant ...

We spoke with the scholar about Black in Blues, a poetic exploration of the relationship between the color blue and Black people.

In Nigeria, where modern life dances with age-old traditions and every name tells a story, Stoecker’s journey feels ...

The Alligator’s usual assignment was to patrol the area for American ships engaging in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, which the United States had outlawed 13 years earlier. But on this voyage ...

While flying across the Atlantic Ocean just takes a matter of hours, a cargo ship moving from one end to the other can take a ...

even before Pan Am began operating the first commercial transatlantic airliner in 1939. Ships used to be the primary mode of transportation during the early 1900s and the route was travelled by ...

What Romeo and Juliet did next is showcased in National Geographic ’s latest underwater adventure, Titanic: The Digital Resurrection. The scientific wizardry is the work of Magellan of Guernsey in the ...

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...