Category: African History
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How Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut And Her People Transformed Egyptian Agriculture By Sailing Dangerous Seas For Plant Exploration
Empires and nations have been venturing out into the unknown in pursuit of new agricultural species and animals since the dawn of civilization. According to the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), the hunt for novel plant species was superseded by the cultivation of food and the breeding of animals once agriculture became widespread. Fruit […]
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How Africa’s Indigenous Spiritual Practices Gave Birth To The Major Religions Around The World
Without a shadow of a doubt, the term “Western Religions” is a gross misnomer. The racial undertones are spot-on. Both “Western Religions” and “Greek Philosophy” have indigenous African roots, and the current indigenous African population and their descendants in the Caribean, the Americas, Europe, and elsewhere are the inheritors of these roots. Many of today’s […]
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Story Of Father Joseph Hibbert, A Founder Of The Rasta Movement, Who Proclaimed Haile Selassie Was Divine
Haile Selassie was given the name Lij Tafari at his birth in an eastern Ethiopian village. Ras, which means prince or chief, was the title he was given when he became a regent in Ethiopia’s government. After being crowned Emperor in 1930, he was given yet another new name: Haile Selassie, which translates to “Power […]
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Misaki mia Nimi, African Price From Kongo Who Protested Against Colonization By The Portuguese, And Was Killed By His Own People For It
The story of Don Nicolau I Misaki mia Nimi, prince of the ancient Kingdom of Kongo, which is now modern-day Angola, is an intriguing one that has been lost in time. Perhaps the absence of his story is due to his tragic end at the hands of his own people, but whatever the case, Don […]
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How Britain Took The World’s Largest Diamond From South Africa In 1906 And Made It The British Crown Jewel
While Africa was healing from the wounds inflicted by slavery, colonization crept in, and most African countries that were subjected to European imperialist aggression and military invasions continue to count their losses to this day. This was especially true because Europeans made a point of collecting any valuable item they could get their hands on […]
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History Of Murdered Child Who Became The Iconic Image Of The Soweto Uprising That Helped End Apartheid, In 1976
Every year on June 16, South Africa commemorates the Soweto Uprising, often known as the “16 June” events, which occurred on that date in 1976. Thousands of Sowetan students protested the addition of Afrikaans (their oppressors’ language) as a language alongside English, but other forces were also at work. The police opened fire on them as […]
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August 1 Is Emancipation Day: Here Are Four Facts About Abolition Of Slavery In The Caribbean
Slavery was abolished in the British Empire on August 1, 1834. The 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act went into effect at this time. Today, many of Britain’s former Caribbean colonies, as well as Canada, observe Emancipation Day on August 1. On August 1, 1985, Trinidad and Tobago became the first country in the world to […]
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History Shows Beyond A Doubt That The Original Buddha Was A Black Man Of African Origin
Despite the fact that modern depictions of Buddha portray him as an Asian or Indian man, the original was unquestionably an African man. The book Black Gods by Supreme Understanding (Dr. Sujan Kumar Dass) is an excellent resource for learning about the African roots of many of the world’s most revered deities and ancient traditions. It […]
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The Hardly Known History Of African Slavery In China
Between 1515 and the mid-nineteenth century, more than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves. On their trip to the Americas, two million enslaved men, women, and children died. Aside from the transatlantic slave trade, the Chinese empire’s ships traversed the Indian and Pacific oceans. According to historians, before […]
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A Black Woman Expresses Her Annoyance Seeing White Women On Cornrows – Does Anyone Own The Cornrow?
There is no denying the fact that Cornrows hold great cultural and symbolic value to Black people worldwide, especially in the United States, where it has become a supreme culture. The story of cornrows is woven into the very fabric of black history, slavery, suppression, and the recent/current prejudice black people face for their hairstyle, […]
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The Story Of Marcos Xiorro, Enslaved African Who Dared To Revolt In Puerto Rico In 1821
Many great kings, queens, royals, and others have been exiled for opposing colonization and western oppression. There are also stories about enslaved African heroes who risked their lives in order to rebel against white oppressors during slavery. They dared the system by organizing slave rebellions in order to demand racial justice and liberation. One of […]
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Popular Trophy Hunter Has Been Killed, In ‘Execution Style’ In South Africa
55-year-old trophy hunter Riaan Naude, who was known for killing lions, giraffes, and elephants, was shot dead in South Africa after a problem with his truck. Police told Metro that the deadly incident happened on Marken Road in the province of Limpopo. Next to his vehicle, Naude’s lifeless body was discovered. Police reportedly stated that they have […]
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The Story Of Bode Thomas, The Notable Nigerian Lawyer Who ‘Died Barking Like A Dog After Insulting A King’
Few people in Nigeria’s sociopolitical history have quickly ascended the ladder of notoriety and passed away in the middle of the day when there was still much work to be done, rather than in the evening when their lives were coming to an end. Olabode Akanbi Thomas, also known as Chief Bode Thomas, was one […]
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James Somerset, The Fugitive Slave From Virginia Who Ended Slavery In England
James Somerset (or Sommersett), a Boston slave transported to England in 1771, was apprehended after attempting to flee from his master. He was loaded onto a ship and sent to Jamaica, where he would be bought and sold. His English allies, however, used a writ of habeas corpus to take him from the ship before […]
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How Argentina Forgot Its Black Hero Antonio Ruiz Who Laid Down His Life For The Country
He is regarded as one of the Black heroes of colonial Latin America who wanted independence and reform despite the hardship of being Black in a place where there were White people. Afro-Argentinean soldier Antonio Ruiz, often known as Falucho, sacrificed his life while serving his nation. He fought with José de San Martn’s army […]
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Belgium Returns Lumumba’s Tooth To Congo 61 Years After He Was Killed And Dissolved In Acid
Belgium has officially returned what is popularly thought to be Patrice Lumumba’s tooth, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo who was murdered in a Western-backed coup. At a formal ceremony at Egmont Palace in Brussels on Monday, Belgian authorities presented a blue box holding the tooth to members of […]
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‘Don’t Worship Me’ – What Haile Selassie Said When He Visited Jamaica In 1966
The visit of Ethiopian monarch Haile Selassie to Jamaica on April 21, 1966, irrevocably transformed the character of continental and diasporic African ties. From a historical Pan-African perspective, Emperor Selassie’s visit occurred during a moment when the euphoria around African countries’ independence had not faded down. Selassie’s own Ethiopia had never been colonized, but in […]
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Abdissa Aga: The Ethiopian Hero Who Terrorized Fascist Italians, Raised An Army, And Fought Them In Their Own Land
During the Italian occupation, he was one of Ethiopia’s finest patriots, although his tale is hardly remembered. Abdissa Aga, a native of Welega, Oromia, joined the Ethiopian Army at the age of 14 and fought against Fascist Italy in Ethiopia in 1936. While resisting Italian troops, he was arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp […]
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The True History Of The Silverton Siege That Sparked The Global ‘Free Mandela’ Movement
In April 2022, on Freedom Day, a film based on the true story that launched the global “Free Mandela” movement was released. The film Silverton Siege, directed by Mandla Dube of South Africa, is based on a story from 1980, when three members of UMkhonto weSizwe, sometimes known as MK, founded by Nelson Mandela, held […]
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Did You Know The Mayans Were Partly Black? Here Is A Brief History
Around the sixth century A.D., the Maya Empire, located in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, achieved its pinnacle of power and influence. Agriculture, pottery, hieroglyphic writing, calendar-making, and mathematics were among the Maya’s many talents, and they left behind an incredible amount of spectacular buildings and symbolic artwork. However, by A.D. 900, […]
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A History Of The Ancient African City Of Cartage – Now A UNESCO World Heritage Site
For history buffs, they might have come across the name Carthage in their history books back in the day. Well, Carthage is a great African city of antiquity on the north coast of the continent. It’s now a residential suburb located in Tunis, the Tunisian capital. According to documented history, it was founded by the […]
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How Christianity Played Major Role In The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Slavery existed in most ancient cultures and still exists in varied forms in some countries today. Slavery was publicly utilized to build wealth in ancient and modern cultures, but it is now considered an act of injustice against mankind. Between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trans-Atlantic slave trade was no exception. Christians who claimed to […]
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Cornelius Frederiks: The Fierce Namibian Freedom Fighter Who Gave German Colonizers A Tough Time
Politicians in Berlin, Germany, agreed four years ago to change street names related to atrocities committed by German colonial authorities during their colonization of Namibia, giving protestors a triumph. In April 2018, parliamentarians voted to approve new names for streets in the “African Quarter” after more than a decade of debate. During the 1904-1908 massacres, […]
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How Three Ancient Egyptian Obelisks Ended Up In NYC, London, And Paris – Cleopatra’s Needle
When it comes to analyzing Africa’s past and present, ancient Egypt has been a popular starting point. It is noted for numerous things, including its obelisks, which are tall stone-cut structures. These vertical structures, which were effectively tombstones created to identify graves and underground burial chambers in the kingdom of Axum, were carved out of […]
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Story Of Sierra Leonean Man Who Led The Amistad Slave Revolt And Won His Freedom In A U.S. Court In 1841
Sengbe Pieh was an African slave on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad who staged a revolt. The ship was eventually seized by the US Revenue Cutter Service. Pieh and the other slaves who participated in the insurrection were later tried for the deaths of two ship officers. The United States v. The Amistad was […]
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How Enslaved Africans Revolted On A Slave Ship, Captured It, Freed Themselves, And Returned To Africa – Little George Ship Revolt
In June 1730, the British ship Little George was the site of the Little George Ship Revolt. The little-known insurrection was one of the most effective captive African uprisings on the high seas in history. Five days after the Little George sailed from the coast of Guinea to carry kidnapped Africans to the British North […]
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The Malê Rebellion By Enslaved Yoruba & Hausa In 1835 Led To The End Of Slavery In Brazil
The Malê Rebellion in Brazil, also known as The Great Revolt, took place in January 1835 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Enslaved African Muslims and free men rose up against the government on a Sunday during Ramadan. The insurrection was organized by Yoruba and Hausa Muslims, but non-Muslims from various backgrounds also took part. The insurrection […]
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Mirambo, The Feared African Warlord Of The 19th Century Known As The Black Napoleon
Mirambo, also known as Mytela Kasanda, was a man of many parts. According to historians, in addition to being a traditional king, he was a warrior leader, a state builder, and a modernizer who helped transform regional trade in 19th century Tanzania. Because of his military and political brilliance, he became known as the Black […]
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The Hidden Idi Amin’s Speech That Challenged Zionists & Angered Britain And America At The 1975 UN General Assembly
For the first time in UN history, the pan-Africanist president made a courageous speech to world leaders in an African language: the Luganda dialect, on October 1st, 1975 in New York. It was named one of the top ten most memorable moments in the history of the United Nations General Assembly by Time magazine. Not […]
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For Fighting Colonial Rule, This Sierra Leone Chief Was Exiled To Gold Coast And Blocked From Returning Home – Sherbro Bai Kpana Lewis
The British had the most African states under their control of any European country. To gain dominance, they attacked various African countries, killing their rulers and weakening their forces. Despite the existence of a few smaller kingdoms that simply surrendered to the British Empire, other African powers fought back. Strong and fearless kings or chiefs […]
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How The Italian Government Massacred Over 30,000 Ethiopians In 3 Days During The Occupation In 1937 – Yekatit 12
One of Africa’s most heinous atrocities occurred eighty-five years ago. During the Italian occupation, Yekatit 12 was a three-day bloodbath in which Fascist Italy killed over 30,000 Ethiopians, including many intellectuals. Mussolini gave the order to ruthlessly punish the Ethiopian populace of Addis Ababa after two Eritrean-born men launched hand grenades at the viceroy of […]
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Meet Yoruba Enslaved Woman Who Led a Revolution In 1884 To Free Slaves In Cuba – Carlota Lucumi
The 1800s in the Americas and Europe was an interesting and busy era, which was filled with noble resistance and revolts from Back men and women all over the world. At that point in history, slavery had been abolished but was still practiced in many parts of America and Europe. Black men and women who […]
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Meet The Ghanaian Pan-Africanist Who Was First To Send A Ship To The U.S. For Blacks To Return Back To Africa – Chief Alfred Sam
After visiting the United States in 1913, gold coast merchant and Chief Alfred Sam set out on a mission to return African-Americans to their ancestral homeland. He persuaded African Americans saying that there were “diamonds laying on the ground after a rain, trees that produced bread, and sugar cane as large as stovepipes” on the property. […]
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Garett Morgan: Black Man Who Invented the Upgraded Traffic Light, The Gas Mask, And Improved Sewing Machine
Humanity owes the Black race a lot of apologies for concealing her achievements and denying her ingenuity. As we dig more and more into Black history, we are surprised to find that the Black race has contributed immensely to the progress of humanity, far more than the caucasian world is willing to admit. Children all […]
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Hair Wigs Have Been Traced Back To 1550 BC Africa, Used As Popular Fashion Accessory
A woman’s greatest friend is considered to be diamond, but wigs can be a woman’s most precious companion, particularly when she is having a poor hair day. Wigs are the finest accessory in a girl’s closet since they add variety and let her switch things up from time to time. The days of conspicuous and […]
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Meet American Born Igbo Man Who Designed & Built A Car Called Ikenga GT In 1967 In United Kingdom
The ingenuity of the Black man and his contributions to the advancement of humanity has remained one of our major focuses here at ‘Liberty Writers Africa’. We take great pride in researching and teaching our family here of the great and noble achievements of their ancestors. Black people worldwide should always raise their heads high, […]
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Meet Black Man Who Invented Telegraphony, Roller Coaster, Multiplex Telegraph, Air-Brake System And 60 Other Inventions – Granville T. Woods
Granville T. Woods was a black inventor who received at least 50 government patents for his numerous inventions. Over a dozen of these patents were for electric train inventions, but the majority of them were for electrical control and distribution. The induction telegraph, a technique for communication with and from moving trains, was his most […]
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Queen Nanny Of The Maroons: Ashanti Woman Who Fought And Freed Over 1,000 Enslaved Africans In Jamaica
Nanny was a Maroon leader and Obeah woman in Jamaica during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She was also known as Granny Nanny, Grandy Nanny, and Queen Nanny. Enslaved Africans who escaped and established autonomous settlements in the Americas were known as maroons. Nanny was a runaway slave from Western Africa who had […]
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How This African Prophetess Predicted Kenya’s Colonization By The British In The 1800s – Syokimau
A young medicine woman, a prophetess, in the 1800s, in the present-day town of Machakos foresaw the invasion of Kenya by the British. Syokimau was her name. Her parents and close relatives were unknown, thus she was said to have sprung from a tree. People pondered if she was a chosen one or if she […]
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Meet Afro-Puerto Rican Scholar Known As ‘The Sherlock Holmes Of Black History’ – Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
After a fifth-grade teacher informed him, “Black people have no history, no heroes, no significant moments,” he was inspired to learn more about Black history. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, also known as Arthur Schomburg, began researching Africa and the diaspora to prove his teacher and racist historians wrong, and over time, he became known as “the […]
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How Pilot From Chicago, John C. Robinson, Came To Ethiopia’s Aid During War With Italy
On March 1, 1896, a few years after the African continent was divided, the Italian Kingdom – which had acquired Eritrea and Italian Somalia as African territories – desired to add Ethiopia to its kingdom. However, the strategy backfired after the Italian force was defeated in the Battle of Adwa, commonly known as the First […]
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How Skull Of A Tanzanian Chief Was Included In The Treaty Of Versailles That Ended World War I – Mkwawa
Skull Of Mkwawa: At the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, establishing terms of peace between Germany and the victorious Allies. The Treaty not only held Germany accountable for launching the war, but also penalized her with critical clauses such […]
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How British Colonial Terrorists ‘Brutally Evicted’ These Kenyans From Their Ancestral Land To Cultivate Tea
As Kenya celebrated its independence from British colonial authority in December 2019, two ethnic nationalities in the Great Rift Valley petitioned the UN to examine a colonial-era land grab. Between 1895 and 1963, the British ruthlessly expelled the Kipsigis and Talai populations of Kericho county from their native lands to make room for profitable tea plantations […]
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Discovering The Lost Assyrian Colony In Kebbi, Nigeria, In Africa
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, and combat strategies. Outside of Mesopotamia, commonly known as the “Cradle of Civilization,” the Assyrians were able to exert control over huge expanses of land. Through the Neo Assyrian […]
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Remembering 25-Year-Old Blind Ghanaian Dragged By His Ankles Out Of Oxford Debating Chamber
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 2019, causing outrage. Ebenezer Azamati, a 25-year-old Ghanaian postgraduate student studying international relations who was concerned that there were no specific arrangements for disabled students, arrived early on October […]
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The Tula Slave Revolt Of 4,000 Africans In 1795 That Led To Better Treatment Of Enslaved People In Curaçao
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 and invasion of Curaçao, a few Spanish explorers established temporary residences on the island before continuing their expedition, transporting the majority of the Arawak people to other colonies as […]
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The Brutal Execution Of Prince Klaas The Enslaved Ghanaian Who Planned To Make Antigua An African State
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 in the Caribbean, with nearly a million on the island of Antigua breaking their backs on the numerous sugar cane plantations that made sugar merchants the richest traders in […]
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Meet The Nigerian Freedom Fighter Who Founded The Black Panthers In The U.K – Obi Egbuna
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 recognized that he needed to become a social engineer. He attended the University of Iowa and Howard University in Washington, DC before coming to England in 1961 and staying […]
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It’s Exactly 11 Years Gaddafi Was Killed – Here’s A First-Hand Account Of His Last Days And Murder
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 many socioeconomic advances, others accuse him of being a tyrant who controlled with an iron fist. On October 20, 2011, he was deposed after a multinational military invasion led […]
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History Of Antonio Emanuele Ne Vunda, The 1st African Ambassador To Europe
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), but Garcia II Nkanga a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba, also known as Garcia Afonso, is widely regarded as the greatest because he expelled the majority of the Portuguese […]
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Meet The ‘Black Moses’ Of The Virgin Islands Who Freed His People From Slavery [David Hamilton Jackson]
On the island of St. Croix, David Hamilton Jackson was born in 1884. It had been more than three decades since slavery had been abolished on the island, yet life was still terrible for the residents, predominantly Blacks. Low salaries, a lack of healthcare, and limited educational options plagued black people. For the African-American community, […]
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A Historian Insisted That Kwame Nkrumah Was Not A Ghanaian
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day commemorates the life and times of the great Osagyefo, the inspiring leader and one-of-a-kind man of courage who led Ghana to independence. Nkrumah was born at Nkroful in the Western Region of what was then known as the Gold Coast to Kofi Ngonloma of the Asona Clan and Elizabeth Nyanibah […]
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Archaeologists Discover Cave In Africa Which Shows When Humans Started Making Clothes
According to archaeologists, our forefathers may have started manufacturing garments with bone tools some 120,000 years ago. Archaeologists unearthed ancient bone tools in a Moroccan cave, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal iScience, that they believe were used to manipulate leather and fur into clothes between 90,000 and 120,000 years ago. […]
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How The Ottoman Empire Castrated Black Men, Called Eunuchs, To Keep Guard Of Royal Women
Eunuchs were castrated African men kidnapped from Darfur, Abyssinia, Korodofan, Zanzibar, and other African countries and sent to the courts of sultans in Turkey, Arabia, and other Middle Eastern countries. Young boys, who were frequently victims of raids and wars, were subjected to the gruesome and inhumane process of castration without anesthesia, which resulted in […]
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Pioneer Slave Trader Who Deceived Africans With Jesus’ Salvation And Lured Them On His ‘Jesus’ Ship – William Hawkins
According to history, Juan de Córdoba of Seville was the first merchant to send an African slave to the New World in 1502. The Spanish authorities only allowed merchants to sell one to three enslaved Africans because the slave trade was still in its early stages. By 1504, a small group of Africans, most likely […]
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Bobo Brazil, Giant Who Abolished Segregation In Professional Wrestling, Paving The Way For Other Black Wrestlers
He began his career at a period when his race was frequently considered unsuitable for the industry. He went by the ring name Bobo Brazil and toured numerous cities throughout the world, attracting tens of thousands of spectators. He is well known for his matches with legendary wrestlers such as André the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, […]
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When Jamaican reggae star Jimmy Cliff was Setup and Imprisoned into jail in Nigeria
He is one of the most well-known figures in Jamaican music. Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican singer, multi-instrumentalist, and actor, was born James Chambers but is best known as Jimmy Cliff. He is the only living reggae musician to be awarded the Order of Merit, which can be given to any citizen of Jamaica or a […]
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How The French Killed This Cameroonian Freedom Fighter & Dragged Him Through The Streets In 1958 [Ruben Um Nyobe]
He may be poorly known, yet he was a key figure in the African freedom movement. If Ruben Um Nyobe had been permitted to lead Cameroon to independence, he would have been on par with liberation leaders Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, and others. Nyobe, the then-leader of the nationalist political organization Union des […]
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How African-Americans OF Harlem Fought To Save Ethiopia From Italian Dictator Mussolini
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also known as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, started in 1935 and lasted seven months, culminating in the military occupation of Ethiopia. Italy attempted an invasion of Ethiopia for the second time. Ethiopia was a sovereign nation with a robust army and a strong monarchy at the time, while the rest of […]
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The Murder Of Patrice Lumumba – How He Was Dissolved In Acid By The Belgians
In Congo, one of the most excruciating and brutal assassinations in African history occurred. Congolese people have been subjected to a variety of terrible encounters and torture. Patrice Lumumba, the one guy who stood up for his people and was once Prime Minister of Congo, was assassinated by the Belgian government, and the real criminals […]
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History Of Sékou Toure, The Warrior King Who Fought Off The French Invaders In Guinea
Ahmed Sékou Toure, Guinea’s first president, was said to be his great-grandson. Samori Toure was a military leader who built a Muslim empire at the end of the 19th century, long after many other Africans had submitted to French domination. Because of his valorous efforts against the French, he was dubbed “Napoleon of Africa.” Toure, […]
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Bode Thomas, The Nigerian Lawyer Who ‘Died Barking Like A Dog After Insulting A King’
Few people in Nigeria’s socio-political history have risen quickly to prominence and then died in the middle of the day, when there was still so much to do. This was the situation with Chief Bode Thomas, also known as Olabode Akanbi Thomas. Thomas, who was born in October 1919, died tragically on November 23, 1953, […]
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Jean-Pierre Adams, The French Football Star Who Has Been In Coma For 37 Years After Botched Surgery
The humble, beautiful, yet terrible end of Senegalese-French man Jean-Pierre Adams is both enthralling and depressing. Before Ghana’s Marcel Desailly, Cameroon’s Kylian Mbappe, Guinea’s Paul Pogba, and Mali’s Ngolo Kante had a path to the French national team-Les Bleus (The Blues), Senegal’s Jean-Pierre Adams had already started down that path. Prior admissions had come from […]
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Why Thousands Of Christians Go To Visit The Black Virgin Mary In Senegal On Pilgrimage
Pilgrimages aren’t as widespread in Christianity as they are in Islam, but one thing all of these types of pilgrimages have in common is that the numbers are inevitably large. Every year, tens of thousands of Senegalese believers, predominantly Catholics, embark on an inconspicuous journey to Popenguine, a village in the Cap Vert-Thies region of […]
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Queen Sarraounia Mangou, The Sorceress Who Defeated The French In The Battle Of Lougou, Niger In 1899
The French Voulet-Chanoine Mission, or Central African-Chad Mission, was dispatched to Africa by the French government in the late 1800s to terrorize and conquer the territories between the Niger River and Lake Chad and knock together all French territories in West Africa. It was led by captains Paul Voulet and Julien Chanoine. According to history, […]
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How French Stole Buried Body Of African Warrior & Displayed Him As Wild Animal In Europe
The Negro of Banyoles was half-naked with only a raffia decoration and a coarse orange loincloth, an African warrior displayed as a wild animal in a European museum with a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left, bending slightly forward, and his shoulders raised. A French trader named Jules Verreaux journeyed […]
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Brave Dagomba Warrior Princess Whose Son Founded The Mossi Kingdom Of West Africa [Yennenga]
The Mossi Kingdom in modern-day Burkina Faso did not exist more than 1000 years ago. When a princess ran away from her home, married, and had a son with an elephant hunter, the kingdom was born. Princess Yennenga was the cherished daughter of the Dagomba monarch, Nedega, who ruled in the 12th century, according to […]
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History Of Legendary Tuareg Queen, Whose Treasure-Filled Tomb Will Never Be Forgotten [Tin Hinan]
Archaeologist Byron Khun de Prorok discovered a massive tomb at Abalessa, Algeria, near Tamanrasset, in the Hoggar mountain range, in 1925. The tomb held the bones of a woman who was buried with excellent jewelry, but it did not garner the same level of attention as other ancient finds. In the 1920s, archaeologists made numerous […]
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Meet Keagborekuzi I, Nigerian Prince Who Became The World’s Youngest Monarch At Age Two
Benjamin Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi I is not like most two-year-olds who are playing games or enjoying fun with their peers. He had been crowned king or Dein of the Agbor Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state in Delta State, Nigeria, at that youthful age. Keagborekuzi I, who was born on June 29, 1977, became the world’s youngest […]
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Argentina Eliminated 90% Of Africans After Slavery Through Genocide, Disease, And Racial Dilution
Without providing precise and credible narratives of African slavery, the history of our world can never be complete. More over 50 million Africans were enslaved in America and Europe, while more than 12.5 million were enslaved in the Arab world. Tens of millions of people survived the “middle passage” on ships between America and Europe, and […]
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How The UK Labeled Black Caribbean Children ‘Intellectually Inferior’ And Sent Them To Dustbin Schools
The large exodus of Afro-Caribbean peoples to the United Kingdom took place between 1948 and 1971. As a result of the war’s casualties, more Caribbean residents were encouraged to migrate to British-ruled countries. The Windrush generation was born as a result of this. The 1971 Immigration Act allowed members of the Windrush generation to remain […]
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History Behind World’s Longest Detained Journalist Held 20 Years Without Trial In Eritrea – Dawit Isaak
Every year, World Freedom Day is commemorated to honor the essential principles of press freedom, to assess press freedom around the world, to defend the media against attacks, and to remember journalists who have died in the line of duty. Despite this, threats and violence against the media continue to rise, putting journalists’ lives in […]
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Europeans And Arabs Destroyed The Biggest Library Of Ancient Egypt – This Is How They Did It
Antagonism toward Africans has existed since the first meeting between Europeans and Africans. Apart from their objectives to govern and steal, they have long desired to erase Black history. The Library of Alexandria in Kemet (Egypt) was a repository of knowledge and secrets from all over the world, not simply ancient Black knowledge. However, it […]
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Bai Bureh, Sierra Leone’s Greatest War Hero Who Held Off British Terrorism For Months In 1898
Bai Bureh is primarily responsible for Sierra Leone’s independence, as his insurgency against British rule in 1898 sparked the country’s independence. In guerilla warfare against a well-trained, well-equipped British force in 1898, he gained the moniker Kebalai, which means “one who never tires of fighting.” Bureh and his warriors were a thorn in the side […]
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How White Slave-ship Captain Dipped A Black Baby Into Boiling Water Before Flogging Him To Death In 1832
In 1832, the captain of a ship transporting captured Africans, dipped a black baby into boiling water. It was said and documented that the incident occurred while Black slaves were being carried from Africa, which astonished everyone. A ten-month-old baby was grumpy and refused to eat. It bothered the captain, since that was money they […]
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History Of King Endubis Of Aksum, The First African Kingdom To Mint Coins Around 270 CE
From roughly 100 AD until 940 AD, the Kingdom of Aksum ruled throughout East Africa and beyond, including modern-day Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Sudan. Aksum, in the northern region of Tigray, served as Ethiopia’s capital until the seventh century CE. At its peak, the kingdom held territory stretching from southern Egypt to the Cushite Kingdom […]
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The Brave Alabama Teacher Who Moved To Congo To Rescue Young Captives From King Leopold’s Genocide [Maria Fearing]
On William O. Winston’s Oak Hill Plantation outside Gainesville, Alabama, Maria Fearing worked as a house servant. She was born into slavery on this plantation on July 26, 1838, and after being chosen to be a house servant, she spent a lot of time with the plantation owner’s wife and the other children. Amanda Winston, […]
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History Of Gaspar Yanga, The Enslaved African From Gabon Who Revolted And Created His Own State In Mexico
On May 15, 1545, Gaspar Yanga, sometimes known as Yanga or Nyanga, was born in Gabon. He was supposed to be a direct descendant of Gabon’s royal line and a member of the Bran tribe. When he was arrested and sold into slavery, he was given the name Gaspar. He was also known as “America’s […]
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How Dutch Slave Ship Captain Murdered 664 Captured Africans Below Deck In A Voyage From Ghana To Holland In 1738
The Leusden, a Dutch West India Company slave ship, set off from Elmina, Ghana, on November 19, 1737, carrying around 700 African men, women, and children to be sold as slaves in Suriname. It was the ship’s last journey. The ship was trapped in a storm two months into the expedition, on January 1, 1738. […]
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How White Politicians In South Africa Created ‘Free’ Black States To Avoid Ending Apartheid And Racism
Apartheid existed prior to the 1948 election of South Africa’s white supremacist National Party, which managed the overarching legislation that divided the country’s ethnic groups. However, political historians have always been intrigued by the fact that apartheid was codified into law. Perhaps the explanation is the arrogance of a white minority in an African country […]
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Queen Tiye: The Influential Wife Of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Whose Demise Brought The 18th Dynasty Of Ancient Egypt To An End
Queen Tiye is regarded as the most powerful woman in the history of ancient Kemet (Egypt). She was Yuya and Tjuyu’s daughter. She married Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and became his Great Royal Wife. She was also Akhenaten’s mother and Tutankhamun’s grandmother, as well as Ay’s sister. Tiye was a strong woman during her husband’s […]
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Meet Omowunmi Sadik, Nigerian Woman Who Is The Inventor Of Biosensors That Detect Bombs
Meet Omowunmi Sadik, the creator of microelectrode biosensors that can detect foreign substances and can be used to detect narcotics or explosives. The patent request was filed on December 7, 2006, according to patent number 20060275786A1. Sadik also holds patents for a variety of other biosensors. Sadik is a chemist, inventor, and college professor who […]
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History of Iyoba Idia, The Queen Mother Of Ancient Benin Kingdom Whose Face Inspired Famous Masks
Even if some of the peoples of the contemporary sovereign state are ancestors of the Benin people who prospered on the west coast of Africa between the 11th and 16th centuries, the Benin Kingdom of old is unrelated to the Republic of Benin. The historical kingdom’s name and the present state’s name, however, have the […]
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Meet African War Hero Who Sank A German Ship With Bomb Made From Milk-Can But Was Refused Highest Decoration
During World War II, Job Maseko, a South African war hero, sunk an enemy ship with an improvised bomb hidden in a milk container. Maseko, a member of the South African Native Military Corps (NMC), was awarded the Military Medal for his “meritorious and courageous” action, which he described as demonstrating “ingenuity, resolve, and full […]
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How The Enslaved Igbo People From Africa Influenced Libation Pouring And Patois Language In Jamaica
The Akan people of Ghana are significantly responsible for the continental African presence in Jamaica, as seen by cultural similarities, names, feasts, and assimilation. The word ‘Mumu’ comes from the Ewe and Akan languages. It’s used to characterize someone who is stupid or idiotic, just like in Jamaican Patois. Dokunu is an African term that […]
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History Of Ashanti Prince Who Designed And Built A Signal Station In Trinidad For The British In 1883 (Nana Kofi Ntim)
In the Caribbean, he is known as William Kofi Nti, the son of a wealthy West African king who came to Trinidad in the 1880s to leave a mark on the region and prove his existence. His real name is Nana Kofi Ntim, and he is the son of (Asantehene) King Karikari, the tenth king […]
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Five African Princes Who Were Forcibly Taken Or Stolen From Their Families By Colonizers
During the heyday of the Transatlantic slave trade, millions of Africans were forcibly removed from their homes and sold into slavery on the African continent. Unfortunately, it is difficult to track down every single African who ended up in the Caribbean, America, or Europe, primarily due to the fact that white slave dealers did not […]
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How The Only Black South African Soldier In Canada’s WWI Army Was Murdered By Allies (Charlie Some)
Charlie Some, the lone black South African in the Canadian army, was known for going AWOL on certain occasions. So when he went missing on September 22, 1918, no one expected anything remarkable. Authorities would need approximately two days to find his body, which had been abandoned on Road 45, a tiny road near the […]
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Meet Benjamin Odeje, England’s First Black Footballer Who Waited 42 Years To Be Recognized
When Benjamin Odeje was called up by England schoolboys and made his debut against Northern Ireland in 1971, he had no idea that he was about to write the history of the game of football. Odeje, a teenage schoolboy from southeast London was born in Nigeria. He was instrumental in England’s 1-0 victory over Nigeria […]
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Africans Created Stars & Moon System Around 7,000 Years Ago With World’s Oldest Astronomical Site
World’s Oldest Astronomical Site Found In Africa: It is believed that this 7,000-year-old stone circle was built to mark the summer solstice and the beginning of the annual monsoon season. As well as that, it is the world’s oldest known astronomy site. Ancient civilizations all across the world have been constructing massive stone circles to […]
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How Congolese Children En Route Kinshasa Holiday Camp Ended Up As Orphans In Belgium
Congolese Children En Route Kinshasa Holiday Camp Ended Up As Orphans In Belgium: Six years ago, some parents in Gemena, a town hundreds of miles north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, took advantage of a rare opportunity and permitted their children to go on what was intended to be a holiday […]
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The Ancient Kingdom Of Uganda Practiced & Perfected Caesarian Section Long Before Europeans
Ancient Kingdom Of Uganda Practiced & Perfected Caesarian Section: It wasn’t until the late nineteenth century that infection-free surgery became a reality in the medical establishments of England and many other parts of the western world. According to traditional British thinking, Caesarean section was considered a life-threatening procedure that should only be undertaken in the […]
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How President Buhari Kidnapped An Ex-Minister In London And Bundled Him Into A Crate Bound For Lagos, Nigeria
Umaru Dikko, a Nigerian politician, served as minister of transportation in the civilian government led by Shehu Shagari from 1979 to the end of 1983, when the country’s army deposed the government and placed Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the president. The new military government led by General Muhammadu Buhari imprisoned scores of government ministers […]
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Ganga Zumba, The African Royal Who Escaped Slavery In Brazil And Created A Kingdom Of His Own
Ganga Zumba is remembered by historians as a warrior, Black hero, and freedom fighter who played a pivotal role in the history and contemporary struggle of the Brazilian Black Movement, having led an alliance of “independent settlements”– Quilombo dos Palmares– that was central to the history and contemporary struggle of the Brazilian Black Movement. Quilombo […]
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How Dutch Colonialists Robbed And ‘Raped’ Ahanta People Of Africa Of Her Riches
In the current Ghanaian context, Ahanta has lost its luster and radiance. We are recognized as a minority ethnic group in Ghana, with no social, political, or economic significance in the country’s internal affairs. In terms of social, political, and economic contributions, it appears as though we have nothing to offer. Our own city of […]
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History Of Last Independent Zulu King Who Fought Off The British And Was ‘Poisoned’ To Death
It has been noted that the infamous Battle of Isandlwana, the first large-scale engagement between the Zulu and British forces in 1879, was one of the most significant blows to British prestige during the nineteenth century. Approximately 20,000 Zulu warriors, equipped with traditional assegai iron spears, cowhide shields, muskets, and antique rifles, launched an unexpected […]
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World War I Continued For Two Weeks In Africa After It Had Officially Ended In Europe
It has been exactly 101 years since the official end of World War I (also known as “The Great War”) was declared. On November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m., four years after the outbreak of the war that began in 1914, the feuding groups reached a cease-fire agreement. Since then, the 11th of November has […]
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Colonialists Used Nude Pictures Of African Women To Lure European Volunteers & Rapists To Africa
The ugly truth remains that the average European who came to Africa at the time of colonization was either a murderer, a rapist, a looter (a thief who would kill and maim people to take their belongings), an anarchist, and most importantly a deranged Caucasian who saw Africans as lower Animals to be exploited. Although […]
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The First Romans Were Black People Called The Etruscans – Read The Full History, Even Though Caucasians Disagree
Before you dive into this article, please have an open mind. The debates around this topic have been enormous, and we will continue to present these facts in different forms and in a continous manner, till we come to a consensus from the two races which hold claim to Roman ancestory: The black and White […]
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David Stuurman, SA Chief Who Escaped Twice From Robben Island Where Mandela Was Imprisoned
When the tale of the Black South African struggle against white dominance is told, the image of Nelson Mandela in a cell on Robben Island has become one of the most dramatic mental images anyone can conjure up. But what if you were told that a Black African broke free twice from a Dutch prison […]