Humans were not the only ones transported during the era of slave trade, there were also items transported that now reside in some notable museums around the world. In the 17th and 18th century, slave ...

This drum is one of the oldest surviving African-American objects. The drum was collected in the early 1700s in the Colony of Virginia, now part of the United States of America. The drum, however, was ...

So it is true that human beings and human culture began in Africa, eh? Homo sapiens evolved in Africa at least 150,000 years ago. The fact was brought home to us again when the director of the British ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Akan drum (made early eighteenth century). Made in West Africa, found in Virginia, USA We think ...