Jan Kooi, the Elmina man who became the first African to...
Jan Kooi was the first African corporal to gained some fame in the Netherlands for his brave feats in the Atjeh (now Aceh) war...
7 Oldest buildings in Africa that will amaze you
You have probably heard Africa called the “cradle of humanity.” As you might assume given its critical function in human development, there are a...
Did 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...
Queen Oni Oluwo; the African Yoruba Queen who paved the southern...
It is uncommon to hear most people ignorantly claiming blacks or Africans lacked wisdom in science and technology until the Arabs and Europeans came...
Meet Grace Ogot, the first woman to publish a novel in...
Grace Ogot, a celebrated Kenyan writer of ethnic Luo origin, accomplished midwife, tutor, journalist, and a BBC Overseas Service broadcaster and the first woman...
Nana Yaa Asantewa, a female warrior who led Asantes in a...
History records it that Nana Yaa Asantewaa was born on 17th October 1840 and died on the same birth month, 17th October 19210. She...
Meet Kobina Sekyi, the Ghanaian Lawyer who Vowed Never to wear...
Meet Kobina Sekyi
After completing his philosophy degree, Sekyi returned to Gold Coast to teach for sometime and participated in the political affairs.
Sekyi became a...
60 great and famous people of Africa that will always be...
It would take an entire book (or several books) to describe all the great and famous people of Africa. Below you will see a...
How the 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...
Harriet Tubman and how she fearlessly freed over 1,000 slaves during...
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland in the year 1820 or 1821 (exact date unknown). She was a slave,...
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