Memory for the Enslaved: Zanzibar
“We now come to the harbour of Keelwa; from this port a very considerable trade carried on with Zanzibar other parts, in Ivory, Gum Copal...
Tag : 19th Century
Paul Bogle: Leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes, and leader of the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion, an event that transformed the political system of the...
Susie King Taylor: The First Black Army Nurse
Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse, who tended to an all-Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, during...
Edward Wilmot Blyden: A Voice from Bleeding Africa
“Africa will furnish a development of civilization which the world has never yet witnessed. Its great peculiarity will be its mortal element.” Edward Wilmot Blyden...
John Wesley Gilbert: The first African-American Archaeologist
John Wesley Gilbert was a classical scholar who was the first African-American archaeologist. Gilbert discovered the ancient Greek city, Eretria, and produced the first map...
Nehanda Nyakasikana
[dropcap size=small]N[/dropcap]ehanda Charwe Nyakasikana was a female spiritualist leader from Mashonaland and a key leader in the First Chimurenga uprisings against colonial settlers 1896-1897. She...