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THE NIGHT NELSON MANDELA WAS SECRETLY TREATED IN KENYA BY DANIEL ARAP MOI’S DOCTOR 🇰🇪 THE NIGHT NELSON MANDELA WAS SECRETLY TREATED IN KENYA BY DANIEL ARAP MOI’S DOCTOR 🇿🇦 Few people know that shortly after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela made a low-profile emergency stop in Nairobi — and Kenya quietly played aContinue reading “THE NIGHT NELSON MANDELA WAS SECRETLY TREATED IN KENYA BY DANIEL ARAP MOI’S DOCTOR”

MOTHER AFRICA SERIES — THE UGANDA MARTYRSEPISODE 4: THE JOURNEY TO NAMUGONGO — WHEN FAITH WAS PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST 🇺🇬🔥 MOTHER AFRICA SERIES — THE UGANDA MARTYRSEPISODE 4: THE JOURNEY TO NAMUGONGO — WHEN FAITH WAS PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST The story of the Uganda Martyrs did not begin at Namugongo. BeforeContinue reading “MOTHER AFRICA SERIES — THE UGANDA MARTYRSEPISODE 4: THE JOURNEY TO NAMUGONGO — WHEN FAITH WAS PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST”

Influential Female Political Figures in Nigeria, 1960 to 1999 Influential Female Political Figures in Nigeria, 1960 to 1999 Nigeria’s political history between 1960 and 1999 was largely dominated by men, but women played important roles in the country’s political development. They campaigned for voting rights, challenged discriminatory customs, mobilised women, contested elections, entered legislatures, servedContinue reading “Influential Female Political Figures in Nigeria, 1960 to 1999”

On 29 July 1975, Nigeria experienced another major military intervention that brought an end to the nine year rule of General Yakubu Gowon. On 29 July 1975, Nigeria experienced another major military intervention that brought an end to the nine year rule of General Yakubu Gowon. Gowon was outside the country at the time, attendingContinue reading “On 29 July 1975, Nigeria experienced another major military intervention that brought an end to the nine year rule of General Yakubu Gowon.”

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘: 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚? Nigeria was five years old. Five years after independence, the country that had entered the world on 1 October 1960 with enormous expectations was facing a political crisis that was becoming increasingly difficult to contain.Continue reading “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗”

THE SPREAD OF ISLAM: THE HISTORY IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU WERE TOLD THE SPREAD OF ISLAM: THE HISTORY IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU WERE TOLD Let’s have an honest historical conversation. When people talk about the spread of Islam, they often give you one of two extreme stories. One side says, “Islam spread entirelyContinue reading “THE SPREAD OF ISLAM: THE HISTORY IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN YOU WERE TOLD”

HE ONCE SPOKE FOR AFRICA. THEN AFRICA WATCHED HIM DIE. HE ONCE SPOKE FOR AFRICA. THEN AFRICA WATCHED HIM DIE. Diallo Telli was not an ordinary man.🙏 He was Guinea’s distinguished diplomat, Guinea’s representative at the United Nations, ambassador to the United States, and the first Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) fromContinue reading “HE ONCE SPOKE FOR AFRICA. THEN AFRICA WATCHED HIM DIE.”

THE MISSION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED THE WAR IN 1967 THE MISSION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED THE WAR IN 1967 Let’s talk about one of the boldest, most consequential military gambles of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War. A mission that came within 300 kilometers of Lagos. A mission that could have changed the entire outcome ofContinue reading “THE MISSION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED THE WAR IN 1967”