Catching up with Dr. Runoko Rashidi
“We’ve survived colonization and enslavement and when you consider what we have gone through, the fact that we are here to have this conversation is...
Tag : African History
Did You Know that the world’s oldest jewelry is from Africa?
Did You Know that around 75,000 years ago an African drilled tiny holes into the shells of snails and strung them as beads to make...
Dinknesh aka Lucy: The first lady of humanity?
“There is still a powerful tendency to deny that humanity originated in Africa and that the African peoples of the world are related to each...
The Aba Women’s War
The Aba Women’s Riot, also known as the Women’s War, was an insurrection in Nigeria when it was occupied by the British to redress social,...
Interview with Dr. David Imhotep: The First Americans Were Africans
“We were here at least 56,000 years ago; Africans came over. The Mongolians don’t come until 2,600 BC and they shared their blood with the...
The Horrors of the Middle Passage
In 1441, Antam Goncalvez, a Portuguese sailor, seized ten Africans near Cape Bojador. According to Azurara, the Portuguese chronicler, Goncalvez was to sail along the...
The Maji Maji War 1905-1907
The Maji Maji War in Tanganyika (modern-day Tanzania), beginning in July 1905 and ending in July 1907, was the most significant African challenge to German...
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...
The War of The Golden Stool
“I must say this: if you, the men of Asante, will not go forward, then we will. We, the women, will. I shall call upon...