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FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY: FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY: WAS THE DEATH OF BRIGADIER MAIMALARI THE MOMENT NIGERIA LOST ITS LAST CHANCE OF PREVENTING THE CIVIL WAR? (PART 1) When Nigerians discuss the January 15, 1966 coup, attention usually focuses on Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, Premier Ahmadu Bello, Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, andContinue reading “FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY:”

Cowrie Shells in the Kingdom of Kush: Currency, Culture, and Symbolism Cowrie Shells in the Kingdom of Kush: Currency, Culture, and Symbolism The Kingdom of Kush, one of Africa’s most powerful ancient civilizations, flourished in the region of modern-day Sudan along the Nile River. Known for its impressive cities, pyramids, and strong trade networks, KushContinue reading “Cowrie Shells in the Kingdom of Kush: Currency, Culture, and Symbolism”

ON THIS DAY — June 4, 1996They Killed Her Eight Days Before June 12.That Was Not A Coincidence. ON THIS DAY — June 4, 1996They Killed Her Eight Days Before June 12.That Was Not A Coincidence. Today marks 30 years since Nigeria lost one of its most fearless voices.Her name was Alhaja Kudirat Olayinka Abiola.AndContinue reading “ON THIS DAY — June 4, 1996They Killed Her Eight Days Before June 12.That Was Not A Coincidence.”

This is a Fulani man r@ping a married Hausa woman. This is what Muslim is all about, religion of r@p This is a Fulani man r@ping a married Hausa woman. This is what Muslim is all about, religion of r@p Fulanis Muslim t3rrorists has been k11ing r@ping your mother’s , k11ing your fathers, r@ping yourContinue reading “This is a Fulani man r@ping a married Hausa woman. This is what Muslim is all about, religion of r@p”

History they will never let us know Around 1756, in the Eboe region of what is now southeastern Nigeria, eleven-year-old Olaudah Equiano was home with his sister while their parents worked in the fields.Strangers came. Before either child could cry out, they were seized, bound, and carried into the forest.Olaudah never saw his parents again.ForContinue reading “History they will never let us know”

FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY: FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY: WAS THE DEATH OF BRIGADIER MAIMALARI THE MOMENT NIGERIA LOST ITS LAST CHANCE OF PREVENTING THE CIVIL WAR? (PART 3) To understand why some military officers later wondered whether Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari’s death changed the course of Nigerian history, one must first understand who he was insideContinue reading “FORGOTTEN NIGERIAN POLITICAL HISTORY:”

BATSWANA AND THE SAN PEOPLES: A LONG HISTORY OF CONTACT, COEXISTENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BATSWANA AND THE SAN PEOPLES: A LONG HISTORY OF CONTACT, COEXISTENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA The history of southern Africa cannot be understood through narratives of isolated peoples or empty landscapes. Long before the consolidation of Tswana politiesContinue reading “BATSWANA AND THE SAN PEOPLES: A LONG HISTORY OF CONTACT, COEXISTENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA”

THE 8-FOOT SLAVE THEY COULDN’T HANG: HIS CHAINS EXPLODED AND HE DRANK THE MASTER’S BLOOD THE 8-FOOT SLAVE THEY COULDN’T HANG: HIS CHAINS EXPLODED AND HE DRANK THE MASTER’S BLOOD In the summer of 1859 on Blackwood Plantation in Mississippi, an enslaved man known only as Goliath arrived in chains. Standing eight feet tall withContinue reading “THE 8-FOOT SLAVE THEY COULDN’T HANG: HIS CHAINS EXPLODED AND HE DRANK THE MASTER’S BLOOD”

BEFORE ANYONE TELLS YOU THAT AFRICA HAD NO CIVILIZATION BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NOK CULTURE OF NIGERIA BEFORE ANYONE TELLS YOU THAT AFRICA HAD NO CIVILIZATION BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NOK CULTURE OF NIGERIA🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 More than 2,000 years ago, while many parts of the world were still developing complexContinue reading “BEFORE ANYONE TELLS YOU THAT AFRICA HAD NO CIVILIZATION BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NOK CULTURE OF NIGERIA”

You can’t understand African HIstory without the Berlin Conference. You can’t understand African HIstory without the Berlin Conference. Let’s dig in. “The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 set the rules for dividing Africa among European powers, with no African representation.” That’s right. Europeans met and decided the rules for dividing up the continent of Africa forContinue reading “You can’t understand African HIstory without the Berlin Conference.”