Large wealth is under the power of many African leaders both inside and outside of their communities. In addition to their riches, some of them have...
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, popularly known as Fela Kuti or Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was born on October 15th, 1938 in Abeokuta (south-west) Nigeria. Fela was a popular...
The African Greeks of Avato are villagers in northern Greece, with the majority being descendants of enslaved Africans once brought to the region of Xanthi. You...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Who is a suffragist? A suffragist is a person advocating that the right to vote...
The Gambia has records that go as far back as the 9th and 10th centuries that say that Arab traders formed the country. Trans-Saharan trade dominated...
Ethiopian men and women fought in the Battle of Adwa more than 126 years ago. It was a climactic war of the First Italo-Ethiopian War....
In 711 A.D, a group of North African Muslims called the Moors led by the Berber general, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, captured the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain...
The ancient Benin Kingdom is legendary and was known in the past as Igodomigodo. One of the features of the Benin kingdom that makes it attractive...
In Togo, the lingua franca is French and they have some of the most fascinating markets ever. People travel from far and wide to buy goods,...
Who are the Basoga? The Soga are the Eastern neighbors of the Baganda in Uganda. They occupy the region between Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga the...
