BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE What if some of the people who most profoundly influenced European culture, literature, music, theatre and social thought never needed a political office to change history? Long before diversity became a modern conversation, Black andContinue reading “BLACK PEOPLE WHO CHANGED EUROPE — WITHOUT HOLDING POLITICAL OFFICE”
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MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS
MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS 🇳🇬 Long before his face appeared on the Nigerian ₦10 note, Alvan Azinna Ikoku was simply a young boy from ArochukwuContinue reading “MEET ALVAN AZINNA IKOKU, THE TEACHER WHO WANTED EDUCATION TO BUILD BOTH THE MIND AND THE HANDS”
THE AFRICAN CIVILIZATION THAT TRADED WITH THE ANCIENT WORLD
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THE SULTAN WHO REFUSED TO BOW: HOW BRITAIN TOOK NORTHERN NIGERIA
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Fela’s prophecy on Abiola from prisøn
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THE GENERAL WHO WAS OUT OF NIGERIA WHEN HIS GOVERNMENT WAS TOPPLED
THE GENERAL WHO WAS OUT OF NIGERIA WHEN HIS GOVERNMENT WAS TOPPLED THE GENERAL WHO WAS OUT OF NIGERIA WHEN HIS GOVERNMENT WAS TOPPLED For almost two years… Nigeria had a man who seemed almost impossible to challenge. His name was Major General Tunde Idiagbon. He wasn’t Nigeria’s Head of State. But inside the BuhariContinue reading “THE GENERAL WHO WAS OUT OF NIGERIA WHEN HIS GOVERNMENT WAS TOPPLED”
DIOMANDÉ • JOMANDÉ • DJOMANDÉ • JOMANNI
DIOMANDÉ • JOMANDÉ • DJOMANDÉ • JOMANNI DIOMANDÉ • JOMANDÉ • DJOMANDÉ • JOMANNI THE CAMARA LINEAGE OF DIOMAN From Siby to the Forests of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone & Liberia The history of the Diomandé begins not with a separate people, but with a branch of the ancient Camara lineage of Mandé. AmongContinue reading “DIOMANDÉ • JOMANDÉ • DJOMANDÉ • JOMANNI”
SANKO / SONKO / SANKOH
SANKO / SONKO / SANKOH SANKO / SONKO / SANKOH A Historical Reconstruction of a Mande Lineage Across the Western Sudan, Kaabu, Senegambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone For generations, surnames such as Sanko, Sonko and Sankoh have appeared across different parts of West Africa. Today, they are sometimes classified according to the language or ethnicityContinue reading “SANKO / SONKO / SANKOH”
MEET MAMA EKUNDAYO – THE WOMAN WHO OPENED HER DOORS TO OVER 500 ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN
MEET MAMA EKUNDAYO – THE WOMAN WHO OPENED HER DOORS TO OVER 500 ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN MEET MAMA EKUNDAYO – THE WOMAN WHO OPENED HER DOORS TO OVER 500 ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN 🇳🇬 Popularly known as the Mother Theresa of Africa, Mama Janet Ekundayo dedicated her life to taking care of orphans. SheContinue reading “MEET MAMA EKUNDAYO – THE WOMAN WHO OPENED HER DOORS TO OVER 500 ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN”
How Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea o seized power-47 years ago and still counting.
How Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea o seized power-47 years ago and still counting. How Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea o seized power-47 years ago and still counting. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seized power in Equatorial Guinea on August 3, 1979, by launching a bloody military coup that overthrew his ownContinue reading “How Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea o seized power-47 years ago and still counting.”
