Ten Visionary Quotes on African Filmmaking by Djibril Diop Mambety
Djibril Diop Mambety was a Senegalese film director, actor, orator, composer, and poet. Mambety was considered a highly talented and creative filmmaker of exceptional insight...
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Ten Powerful Quotes by Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I (1892–1975), Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, is remembered as a modernising African monarch, a fierce advocate of collective security, and...
Nelson Mandela: The Father of a Nation.
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered...
Wole Soyinka: Noble Prize Literary Genius
Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was the first African to win the Nobel Prize...
Rei Amador: General Captain of War
Rei Amador, also known as the “General Captain of War” and “King Amador,” is a central figure in the history of São Tomé and Príncipe....
Kimpa Vita: African Prophetess
Kimpa Vita, also known as Dona Beatriz, was a Kongo prophetess and the founder of Antonianism, a Christian movement that sought to restore the spiritual and...
Patrice Lumumba: The Best Son of Africa
Patrice Lumumba, was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He became a legend in his own life...
Thomas A. Dorsey – The Father of Gospel Music
Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 1, 1899, to Etta Plant Spencer and Thomas Madison Dorsey, an itinerant preacher and...
Ten Things To Know About Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a prosperous home; his father was a local...
Ahmed Baba: The Greatest African Scholar of the 16th Century
Ahmed Baba was one of the greatest African scholars. Amongst the Songhai, he was known as “The Unique Pearl of His Time”. According to John...