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“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees...

Ota Benga was a Congolese man taken from Africa to the US, where he was featured in an...

“We cannot undo the damage that was done to her. But at least we can summon the courage to speak the naked but healing truth that must comfort her wherever she...

Ranavalona III was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883,...

Oliver Reginald Tambo was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the...

“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen mother of Ejisu...

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was the composer of Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika (God Bless Africa). Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika has been...

David Stuurman was a leader of the Khoi people, who fought against Dutch and the British colonialism in...

Taytu Betul was a formidable queen and empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913). She was the wife of Emperor Menelek II and was also the inspiration behind the 1896 Ethiopian victory over colonialism...

St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born woman who was enslaved before becoming a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy,...

“There have been many outstanding leaders and generals in the African continent, but none captures the imagination as...

Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation of modern Nigeria. He was also a pan-Africanist who championed the history and...

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Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…

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