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in HistoryTop 10 Significant Historical Sites in Africa
The African continent has long been inhabited and has some amazing historical sites to show for it. The African continent has long been inhabited and has some amazing historical sites to show for it. Check out these impressive examples of architecture, culture, and evolution. 1. Olduvai Gorge Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania This paleoanthropological site is located […] More
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in HistoryAll About Ghanaian Tradition of Naming According to Day of Birth
In West Africa especially Ghana, newborns are given special names depending on the day they are born. Diverse ethnicities have variants and meanings as a symbol of cultural integrity and ancestral affiliation. Here’s your need-to-know guide. Background The naming system of the Akan people is as distinct as that which elders in Togo (the Ewe […] More
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The Lost African Tribe Still Living in India Today
Slavery and colonialism are siblings from the same seed; they altered the chemistry of African history so badly that we may never find our path towards becoming whole again. Both man-made and human-inflicted, it is sad how the actions of a few men many years ago continues to hurt an entire continent and have torn […] More
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in Modern
The story of how Nigeria Was Sold for $1.1 Million to the British in 1899
Everything started with what many would portray as the primary oil war, which was battled in the nineteenth century in the zone that would later become Nigeria. Through the 19th century, palm oil was highly sought-after by the British, to be used as an industrial lubricant for machinery. Remember that Britain turned into the world’s […] More
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in ModernDid You know Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Arrested 29 Times?
Perhaps you might have heard about Martin Luther King, Jr. and some of the remarkable things he did whiles he was still alive mostly to contribute to freedom and equality for African Americans. Maybe you know he was assassinated in 1968 and maybe you also know about his brother Alfred Daniel King drowning on July […] More
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in Modern
The Story of Igbo Who Drowned Themselves Together with their Captors in 1803
Igbo Landing which is also known as the Igbo mass suicide is one of the unforgettable historic event that happened at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island in Georgia, United States. The event took place in the year 1803 and it was recorded as one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved people when Igbo […] More
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in Modern
South African Apartheid and How It Ended in the Early 1990s
Apartheid, from an Afrikaans word meaning “apart-hood,” refers to a set of laws enacted in South Africa in 1948 intended to ensure the strict racial segregation of South African society and the dominance of the Afrikaans-speaking white minority. In practice, apartheid was enforced in the form of “petty apartheid,” which required racial segregation of public […] More
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in Modern
How African Countries Left their Colonizers
A wave of sub-Saharan African countries became independent in the 1960s, 17 achieving self-rule from colonial Belgium, Britain and France in 1960 alone. Portugal’s colonies would only break free in the 1970s and it took other nations, such as Eritrea, even longer to re-establish their sovereignty. Here is a breakdown of African decolonization British colonies […] More
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Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Emperor that Resisted Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie (23rd July 1892 – 27 August 1975) was Ethiopia’s regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Haile Selassie was known to his people through many titles from ‘Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah’ to ‘Emperor of the Nation’. He was an influential figure of the Twentieth […] More
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Harriet Tubman and How She Fearlessly Freed Over 1,000 Slaves
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland in the year 1820 or 1821 (exact date unknown). She was a slave, fugitive, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, spy, soldier, and nurse recognised for her service during the Civil War and her advocacy of civil rights and women’s suffrage. Originally named Araminta Harriet Ross, Tubman […] More
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in Middle Ages, People
Breffu, a Female Ghanaian Slave who Led Massive Revolt to Take Over West Indies
Breffu was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She committed suicide with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734. Breffu was enslaved at a plantation owned by Pieter Krøyer, and lived in Coral Bay. On 23 […] More
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in Modern
The History Behind the Name Ghana and Where it Came From
Did you know that “the Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval Ghana Empire of West Africa? Ghana means king in the Soninke language, Islamic and European scholars named it after the king because it seemed the king controlled everything The empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title […] More
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