Assyrians have contributed to modern human civilization and development. Their civilization gave birth to the first types of writing (cuneiform), the first complete libraries, astrology, irrigation,...
A blind black student was “dragged by his ankles” out of a discussion room at Oxford Union, one of the UK’s most prominent debating organizations, in...
Curaçao, a small island off the coast of Venezuela, was inhabited by Arawak natives until it was invaded by Spanish sailors in 1499. Following their discovery...
A little over 4 million of the over 12 million slaves captured from Africa to work on the vast plantations of the Americas spent their lives...
Obi Egbuna, a Nigerian dramatist and political activist who immigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1960s, aspired to be an electrical engineer. However, he eventually...
Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, came to power in a coup in 1969 and was deposed in 2011. While some believe that his leadership brought the country...
There was a succession of kings from the late 1300s when the kingdom of Kongo was formed (present-day Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo),...
