Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered...
The Battle of Mbororé was a major victory in which Guaraní warriors defeated Portuguese raiders (bandeirantes) and their...
Stephen Bantu Biko (1946–1977) was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and revolutionary philosopher who is widely regarded as the “father” of Black Consciousness. Through the philosophy of Black Consciousness, Biko called...
Miriam Makeba, lovingly known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, freedom fighter, and cultural worker who turned her...
Marimba Ani stands as one of the most incisive and fearless architects of African-centered thought. As a scholar-activist,...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to die.” Túpac Amaru II was an Indigenous nobleman, community leader, and revolutionary who...
“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for...
This summer, I embarked on a 21-day trip to Ghana, motivated by my deep admiration for Ottobah Cugoano,...
Ottobah Cugoano was a pioneer of the Black radical tradition, becoming a prominent leader in the British abolitionist movement in 1787 with the publication of his book Thoughts and Sentiments on...
Billy Strachan was a World War 2 RAF hero and civil rights pioneer. A campaigner against colonialism, he...
“The wickedness of the soul is ignorance; the virtue of the soul is knowledge.” ~Ancient Egyptian proverb Picture...
This “Afrikan” story is taken from the novel, Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by Nozipo Maraire. My father once took me aside as a young girl. I had returned from...
