Afonso Pena: o presidente que modernizou o Brasil, mas ampliou seus desafios 🇧🇷 Afonso Pena: o presidente que modernizou o Brasil, mas ampliou seus desafios đź’°đźš‚ Entre 1906 e 1909, o presidente Afonso Pena deu continuidade ao projeto de modernização iniciado por seu antecessor. Seu governo marcou um perĂodo de grandes investimentos em infraestrutura, comContinue reading “Afonso Pena: o presidente que modernizou o Brasil, mas ampliou seus desafios”
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MANGA SEWA: THE KING WHO CHOSE DEATH OVER SUBMISSION
MANGA SEWA: THE KING WHO CHOSE DEATH OVER SUBMISSION MANGA SEWA: THE KING WHO CHOSE DEATH OVER SUBMISSION Many people know Manga Sewa as the Yalunka ruler who blew himself up during the Siege of Falaba in 1884. Few know why. To understand his final act, we must look beyond the explosion and into theContinue reading “MANGA SEWA: THE KING WHO CHOSE DEATH OVER SUBMISSION”
THE TONGUE CAN BUILD A VILLAGE OR DESTROY A KINGDOM
THE TONGUE CAN BUILD A VILLAGE OR DESTROY A KINGDOM THE TONGUE CAN BUILD A VILLAGE OR DESTROY A KINGDOM The elders say, “Before the spear is thrown, the tongue has already chosen the battlefield.” A person’s words carry a power greater than iron. A spear can wound one body, but a careless tongue canContinue reading “THE TONGUE CAN BUILD A VILLAGE OR DESTROY A KINGDOM”
WHY DOES THE KIKUYU–LUO POLITICAL RIVALRY REFUSE TO DIE? A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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They Say Africa Had No Great Leaders… Then Explain Yaa Asantewaa.
They Say Africa Had No Great Leaders… Then Explain Yaa Asantewaa. They Say Africa Had No Great Leaders… Then Explain Yaa Asantewaa. History has a way of exposing comfortable lies. One of the biggest myths ever told is that Africans simply accepted colonial rule without resistance. Really? Then who was Yaa Asantewaa? She wasn’t aContinue reading “They Say Africa Had No Great Leaders… Then Explain Yaa Asantewaa.”
O IMPERADOR VS. O MARECHAL
O IMPERADOR VS. O MARECHAL O IMPERADOR VS. O MARECHAL Se a histĂłria do Brasil Imperial fosse uma Ăłpera, o dia 15 de novembro de 1889 seria o ato em que o maestro, sem querer, sabota o prĂłprio espetáculo. O Imperador Dom Pedro II e o Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca nĂŁo eram inimigos figadais; eram,Continue reading “O IMPERADOR VS. O MARECHAL”
THE GAMBIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AFRICA’S SMALLEST MAINLAND NATION | HISTORY , EMPIRES , LEADERS , POLITICS , CULTURE & HIDDEN FACTS
THE GAMBIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AFRICA’S SMALLEST MAINLAND NATION | HISTORY , EMPIRES , LEADERS , POLITICS , CULTURE & HIDDEN FACTSTHE GAMBIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AFRICA’S SMALLEST MAINLAND NATION | HISTORY , EMPIRES , LEADERS , POLITICS , CULTURE & HIDDEN FACTS 🇬🇲 THE GAMBIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEEDContinue reading “THE GAMBIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AFRICA’S SMALLEST MAINLAND NATION | HISTORY , EMPIRES , LEADERS , POLITICS , CULTURE & HIDDEN FACTS”
JAJA OF OPOBO: THE SLAVE BOY WHO BUILT A KINGDOM AND SHOOK THE BRITISH EMPIRE
JAJA OF OPOBO: THE SLAVE BOY WHO BUILT A KINGDOM AND SHOOK THE BRITISH EMPIRE JAJA OF OPOBO: THE SLAVE BOY WHO BUILT A KINGDOM AND SHOOK THE BRITISH EMPIRE Some stories are not just history. They are prophecy written backwards. The story of Jaja of Opobo is one of them. He was born MbanasoContinue reading “JAJA OF OPOBO: THE SLAVE BOY WHO BUILT A KINGDOM AND SHOOK THE BRITISH EMPIRE”
HOW AND WHY COLONIAL IMPERIALISM EMPLOYED TRIBALISM, RELIGION AND SECTIONAL AGENDA TO DESTROY NIGERIA’S POSTERITY. Ordinarily,
HOW AND WHY COLONIAL IMPERIALISM EMPLOYED TRIBALISM, RELIGION AND SECTIONAL AGENDA TO DESTROY NIGERIA’S POSTERITY. Ordinarily, HOW AND WHY COLONIAL IMPERIALISM EMPLOYED TRIBALISM, RELIGION AND SECTIONAL AGENDA TO DESTROY NIGERIA’S POSTERITY. Ordinarily, Nigeria at independence was seen as a virile nation with great human and natural resources capable of elevating her into the enviable classContinue reading “HOW AND WHY COLONIAL IMPERIALISM EMPLOYED TRIBALISM, RELIGION AND SECTIONAL AGENDA TO DESTROY NIGERIA’S POSTERITY. Ordinarily,”
The story: How slave masters touched Nigeria’s coast, 1500s-1800s
The story: How slave masters touched Nigeria’s coast, 1500s-1800s The story: How slave masters touched Nigeria’s coast, 1500s-1800s 1. First contact on the coastIn the 1400s Portuguese ships arrived at Benin, Warri, and the Bight of Biafra looking for pepper, ivory, and gold. By the 1500s their focus shifted. Slave masters from Portugal, Britain, France,Continue reading “The story: How slave masters touched Nigeria’s coast, 1500s-1800s”
