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Granville Sharpe: The White Brit Who Fought Against Slavery When It Was Profitable ⚖️ Granville Sharpe: The White Brit Who Fought Against Slavery When It Was Profitable 🚢❌ It’s easy to assume that all white Europeans were complicit in slavery, and for good reason—millions of Africans were kidnapped, trafficked, and brutalized with European approval. ButContinue reading “Granville Sharpe: The White Brit Who Fought Against Slavery When It Was Profitable”

LOOKING AT AFRICAN ART WITH AFRICAN EYES: MATTERS ARISING FROM TODAY’S POST LOOKING AT AFRICAN ART WITH AFRICAN EYES: MATTERS ARISING FROM TODAY’S POST One of the most unintelligent comments I encountered regarding the question of whether this image could be used to depict an angel was the claim that it is “ugly.” According toContinue reading “LOOKING AT AFRICAN ART WITH AFRICAN EYES: MATTERS ARISING FROM TODAY’S POST”

Samora Machel Said It in One Sentence. For the Nation to Live, the Tribe Must Die. Samora Machel Said It in One Sentence. For the Nation to Live, the Tribe Must Die. Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, said something during the country’s liberation struggle that still divides opinion across Africa decades later.Continue reading “Samora Machel Said It in One Sentence. For the Nation to Live, the Tribe Must Die.”

KWAME NKRUMAH: THE AFRICAN LEADER WHO CHALLENGED COLONIAL RULE KWAME NKRUMAH: THE AFRICAN LEADER WHO CHALLENGED COLONIAL RULE In the 1950s, the country now known as Ghana was a British colony called the Gold Coast. The British controlled the government, economy, and resources, while Africans had little political power. A young activist named Kwame NkrumahContinue reading “KWAME NKRUMAH: THE AFRICAN LEADER WHO CHALLENGED COLONIAL RULE”

Che Guevara no Congo: A Aposta Africana que se Transformou em um Fiasco Revolucionário Che Guevara no Congo: A Aposta Africana que se Transformou em um Fiasco Revolucionário Em 1965, Ernesto “Che” Guevara deixou Cuba discretamente rumo ao Congo, convicto de que a África poderia se tornar a nova frente da revolução mundial. Mas porContinue reading “Che Guevara no Congo: A Aposta Africana que se Transformou em um Fiasco Revolucionário”

THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALED: HOW COLONIAL MANIPULATION DESTROYED IGBO CIVILIZATION AND ENSLAVED AFRICA THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALED: HOW COLONIAL MANIPULATION DESTROYED IGBO CIVILIZATION AND ENSLAVED AFRICA There is a lie that has been told so many times that it has become accepted as truth. That lie is this — that Europe came toContinue reading “THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALED: HOW COLONIAL MANIPULATION DESTROYED IGBO CIVILIZATION AND ENSLAVED AFRICA”

Is Witchcraft Real?An exposition of the Legend of Mwanambinyi the price of witchcraft and the Mysteries of Bulozi Is Witchcraft Real?An exposition of the Legend of Mwanambinyi the price of witchcraft and the Mysteries of Bulozi By Joseph Maonde Is witchcraft real? For centuries, this question has divided societies across the world. While science oftenContinue reading “Is Witchcraft Real?An exposition of the Legend of Mwanambinyi the price of witchcraft and the Mysteries of Bulozi”

ZWANGENDABA The Ndwandwe kingdom occupied parts of present day Kwazulu Natal, Eswatini, and southern Mozambique. The Ndwandwe kingdom was ruled by Zwide kaLanga, among Zwide’s most important commanders were Soshangane and Zwangendaba. Shaka kaSenzangakhona shattered the Ndwandwe kingdom, forcing it’s leaders and followers to scatter in different directions. After the collapse of Ndwandwe power, threeContinue reading “ZWANGENDABA”

What Crime Did I Commit?(A Lament of the Ordinary Hausa Man) What Crime Did I Commit?(A Lament of the Ordinary Hausa Man) What crime did I commitWas it merely that God made me Hausa?Patient by nature, resigned to fate,Willing to endure what others would resist? They come for me, even into my own home—The Fulani,IntoContinue reading “What Crime Did I Commit?(A Lament of the Ordinary Hausa Man)”

THE UNTOLD STORIES OF DR. SAM MBAKWE THE UNTOLD STORIES OF DR. SAM MBAKWE Chief Dr. Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe, fondly called Dee Sam, was the first democratically elected governor of Imo State during Nigeria’s Second Republic. He governed from October 1, 1979 to December 31, 1983. That is four years and three months. Dr SamContinue reading “THE UNTOLD STORIES OF DR. SAM MBAKWE”