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:”
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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 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 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 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. 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.”
ELMINA CASTLE: THE PORTUGUESE FORT WHERE 30,000 AFRICANS WERE CHAINED BEFORE THE ATLANTIC CROSSING
ELMINA CASTLE: THE PORTUGUESE FORT WHERE 30,000 AFRICANS WERE CHAINED BEFORE THE ATLANTIC CROSSING ELMINA CASTLE: THE PORTUGUESE FORT WHERE 30,000 AFRICANS WERE CHAINED BEFORE THE ATLANTIC CROSSING For over three centuries, Elmina Castle stood on the rocky coast of what is now Ghana, its whitewashed walls gleaming under the tropical sun. Each year, approximatelyContinue reading “ELMINA CASTLE: THE PORTUGUESE FORT WHERE 30,000 AFRICANS WERE CHAINED BEFORE THE ATLANTIC CROSSING”
KWAME NKRUMAH: THE MAN WHO DARED TO DREAM OF A FREE AFRICA
KWAME NKRUMAH: THE MAN WHO DARED TO DREAM OF A FREE AFRICA KWAME NKRUMAH: THE MAN WHO DARED TO DREAM OF A FREE AFRICA 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 How many Africans today truly understand what Kwame Nkrumah sacrificed for our freedom? Before Ghana became independent, it was known as the Gold Coast, a British colony where Africans hadContinue reading “KWAME NKRUMAH: THE MAN WHO DARED TO DREAM OF A FREE AFRICA”
The Zong Massacre: One of the Most Horrific Crimes of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Zong Massacre: One of the Most Horrific Crimes of the Transatlantic Slave Trade The Zong Massacre: One of the Most Horrific Crimes of the Transatlantic Slave Trade On November 29, 1781, one of the most horrifying atrocities in human history unfolded aboard the British slave ship Zong. In an act of unimaginable cruelty, moreContinue reading “The Zong Massacre: One of the Most Horrific Crimes of the Transatlantic Slave Trade”
THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE OF BIAFRA AND THE GOLDEN VOICE OF BIAFRA: CHIEF OKOKON NDEM.
THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE OF BIAFRA AND THE GOLDEN VOICE OF BIAFRA: CHIEF OKOKON NDEM. THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE OF BIAFRA AND THE GOLDEN VOICE OF BIAFRA: CHIEF OKOKON NDEM. Chief Okokon Ndem was a legendary Nigerian broadcast journalist who became famous as the “Golden Voice” and the chief presenter of Radio BiafraContinue reading “THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE OF BIAFRA AND THE GOLDEN VOICE OF BIAFRA: CHIEF OKOKON NDEM.”
Nobody talks about this.
Nobody talks about this. Nobody talks about this. A small country in Central Africa—most people can’t even point to it on a map—once became one of the most terrifying places on earth. In 1968, after independence, a new leader rose to power promising freedom and dignity. Within a few years, that promise turned into fear.Continue reading “Nobody talks about this.”
