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WE HAD CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE WHITE MAN — KNOW THE HISTORY! 👑💯 WE HAD CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE WHITE MAN — KNOW THE HISTORY! One of the biggest misconceptions about Christianity is that Europeans introduced it to Africa during slavery and colonization. History tells a very different story. 🇪🇹 ETHIOPIA HAS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSContinue reading “WE HAD CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE WHITE MAN — KNOW THE HISTORY!”

Go for what you want! Go for what you want! No slacking! Sandra Smith and Fela Kuti (1969) Meet Sandra Smith, a young dancer with afro hair, met Fela Kuti at a concert in Los Angeles in 1969. “Fela asked my name and I told him,” Sandra said. “Then he asked if I had aContinue reading “Go for what you want!”

WHO ARE THE DABO? WHO ARE THE DABO? The Forgotten History Behind the Dabo, Daboh & Dabor Surname The name Dabo is relatively uncommon compared with many better-known West African surnames. Yet behind this seemingly simple name lies a fascinating history involving Soninké ancestry, Manding traditions, migration, land, political change and the movement of familiesContinue reading “WHO ARE THE DABO?”

THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME From the Ancient Wagadou Traditions to Mali, Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia and Sierra Leone. Every West African surname carries a story. For the Daffé family, oral traditions connect their history to the ancient movements of peoples across the Western Sahel, Soninké and theContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME”

HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER? 🇳🇬 HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER? Did you know that Asaba, Agbor, Ibusa, Aboh, Ogwashi-Uku, Ika, Aniocha, Ndokwa and Ukwuani are home to Igbo-speaking communities west of the Niger? 👀 During colonialContinue reading “HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER?”

GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES. GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES. There are a thousand ways to punish a country for saying no. France chose the light bulbs. No speech. No declaration. Just light bulbs coming out of the walls. Because a few weeks earlier, Guinea had done something no other French African territoryContinue reading “GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES.”

THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION They keep telling this lie to divide us. To keep lying against the Igbos, they removed history from schools because they know if history isContinue reading “THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION”