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The Biafran War Was the Hardest Time of My Life — I Just Want Forgiveness and Unity” – Gen. Yakubu Gowon Cries Out “The Biafran War Was the Hardest Time of My Life — I Just Want Forgiveness and Unity” – Gen. Yakubu Gowon Cries Out Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has sharedContinue reading “The Biafran War Was the Hardest Time of My Life — I Just Want Forgiveness and Unity” – Gen. Yakubu Gowon Cries Out”

Queen Nzinga (1583-1663) of Ndongo who fought Europeans influence & liberated Angola. Queen Nzinga (1583-1663) of Ndongo who fought Europeans influence & liberated Angola. Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (c.1583–1663) was a brilliant and resilient African leader from what is now Angola. Born a princess of the Mbundu people, her name “Nzinga” came fromContinue reading “Queen Nzinga (1583-1663) of Ndongo who fought Europeans influence & liberated Angola.”

The Titanic didn’t sink the way you think.The story isn’t just about an iceberg—it’s about human error, ignored warnings, and catastrophic decisions. The Titanic didn’t sink the way you think.The story isn’t just about an iceberg—it’s about human error, ignored warnings, and catastrophic decisions. Here’s the truth about what really sank the ‘unsinkable’ ship: WhenContinue reading “The Titanic didn’t sink the way you think.The story isn’t just about an iceberg—it’s about human error, ignored warnings, and catastrophic decisions.”

THE TRADITION OF HEAD ELONGATíON THE TRADITION OF HEAD ELONGATíONAn Amarna-era sculpture that is believed to depict Princess Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, of ancient Egypt, which features a notably elongated skull. This cranial shape was likely the result of intentional modification during infancy, which is similar to the techniques used by the MangbetuContinue reading “THE TRADITION OF HEAD ELONGATíON”

In 1938, in a quiet village in southeastern Nigeria, a local man digging a well made an accidental discovery that would shake the foundations of African archaeology. Must read story ❤️In 1938, in a quiet village in southeastern Nigeria, a local man digging a well made an accidental discovery that would shake the foundations ofContinue reading “In 1938, in a quiet village in southeastern Nigeria, a local man digging a well made an accidental discovery that would shake the foundations of African archaeology.”

Lesotho 🇱🇸 a high-altitude, Lesotho 🇱🇸 a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconicContinue reading “Lesotho 🇱🇸 a high-altitude,”

DO YOU KNOW THAT IN IGBO TRADITION, SAME-SEX MARRIAGEIS ALLOWED, BUT WITH A TANGIBLE REASON DO YOU KNOW THAT IN IGBO TRADITION, SAME-SEX MARRIAGEIS ALLOWED, BUT WITH A TANGIBLE REASON NOW LISTEN,,,,, The Igbo people have a culture that permits same-sex marriage but not same sex copulation. In this kind of marriage, a widow whoContinue reading “DO YOU KNOW THAT IN IGBO TRADITION, SAME-SEX MARRIAGEIS ALLOWED, BUT WITH A TANGIBLE REASON”

THERE WAS NO OYO EMPIRE THERE WAS NO OYO EMPIRE It was British historians like Professor Robin Law, swayed by Reverend Samuel Johnson’s pretentious History of the Yorubas, who invented the claim that by the 1690s Oyo had become the greatest Empire in pre-Colonial Nigeria.¹ But all the earliest writers on Yoruba, including the DanmasaninContinue reading “THERE WAS NO OYO EMPIRE”