r/AfricanHistory Jun 03 '20

New Rules announcement

50 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I am /u/Commustar and I founded this sub about 8 years ago.

Up until now, I never bothered laying out a clear set of rules in the sub but just quietly removed spam posts without comment.

For a long time, many posts had no comments and there was not much discussion in the sub. However, that is changing, comments are more common, and it is demonstrating the need for a clear set of rules so people know what is and is not acceptable in this sub.


1 Be Civil. Racism, Sexism, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination are not acceptable here. Personal insults are not acceptable.

2 Keep it historical. Posts about current events, your safari, your new album do not belong here.

3 Keep it about Africa. If your post is about Black people in the United States, it's better suited for /r/BlackHistory or /r/BlackHistory photos.

4 Don't spam. If you routinely post the same content to multiple subs you may be banned, subject to mod discretion.

5 No soapboxing, bad faith questions, or political grandstanding.

6 Afrocentrism is not welcome here. Posts or comments promoting Cheikh Anta Diop, Chancellor Williams, Yosef Ben-Jochannon, Ivan Van Sertima, Molefi Kente Asante and others will be removed, and you may be banned. Comments repeating Afrocentrist talking-points will be removed.

7 If you want to promote a related sub, or request a link to your sub be put on the /r/AfricanHistory sidebar, please Message the mods


r/AfricanHistory 3d ago

The Oil Economies of Pre-colonial West Africa: Palm Oil and the Industrial Revolution (1800-1891)

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
45 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory 10d ago

Ancient African Matriarchies: Between Myth and History

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
41 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory 17d ago

A History of Agadez: The Desert city of Aïr (1400-1900)

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
22 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory 24d ago

Fractals and Euclidean Geometry in Pre-colonial African Architecture: A New Perspective

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
29 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Jun 21 '26

Pre-Dynastic Egypt and the Origins of the World's First State.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
28 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Jun 14 '26

Ancient African Architecture in Global History.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
46 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Jun 07 '26

Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
108 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory May 31 '26

The History of Writing in African Languages: From Arabic to Vernacular.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
53 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory May 24 '26

The Camel in African History: Ancient Ships of the Sahara

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
41 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory May 17 '26

African and European Explorers in the 19th century: Competing Narratives of “Discovery.”

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
45 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory May 10 '26

The Luo Migrations: Reassessing “Stateless” Societies in Pre-Colonial Africa

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
64 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory May 03 '26

African Revolutions and External Influences during the Long Nineteenth Century

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
34 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Apr 26 '26

Africa Was Not an Anarchist Paradise: Misconceptions about Precolonial State-Building in Africa

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
73 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Apr 19 '26

Wealth-in-People and Wealth-in-Land in Pre-colonial Africa: Reassessing the Evidence.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
27 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Apr 12 '26

The Mossi States: pre-Islamic Kingdoms in Burkina Faso ca. 1300-1897

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
41 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Apr 05 '26

The first Africanists: Intellectual Collaboration and the Origins of African Studies in the late 19th to early 20th century.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
28 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Mar 29 '26

The Gold Trade and Currency of Medieval West Africa (1000-1900 CE)

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
20 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Mar 22 '26

The Invention and Spread of Writing in Global and African History.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
24 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Mar 15 '26

The Medieval city of Sijilmasa and the empires of North Western Africa. (757-1818 CE)

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
16 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Mar 08 '26

The Roman-African borderlands and expeditions south of the Sahara.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
22 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Mar 01 '26

The myth of the Hamitic race in religious and pseudo-scientific literature: an African perspective

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
17 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Feb 22 '26

A Pictorial History of Africa: Insights from Ancient Figurative Art.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
12 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Feb 15 '26

Megalithic Landscapes of Ethiopia from Prehistory to the Modern Era

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
26 Upvotes

r/AfricanHistory Feb 08 '26

On the Enduring Role of Forts and Fortifications in Pre-Colonial African Military history.

Thumbnail
africanhistoryextra.com
22 Upvotes