MARRIAGE IN SOUTH SUDAN MEANS 4 YEARS OF FREEDOM FOR BRIDE
Today we tour the Dinka custom of marriage. Despite payment of dowry that ranges from 100 to 500 cows, women are treated godly. Once a m…
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GAMBIAN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
Dutty Boukman was a Gambian sold into slavery. He toiled at a plantation in Jamaica. He was later sold to the French in what was Saint Dominic now Ha…
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Meet Vanuatu Referee Lencie Fred
Quick Facts: 👉Hails from Panita Village, Tongoa Island. 👉Raised alongside eight siblings by a single mother. 👉 In 1971 his mum moved…
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Ota Benga 1904: Pygmy taken to Africa
While on an expedition in Africa in 1904, an American explorer purchased a young Pygmy man named Ota Benga from traders and brought him t…
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TRACY CHAPMAN - "Baby Can I Hold You" 1988 Classic.
Sorry Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like sorry like sorry Forgive me Is all that you can't sa…
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People called Mary McLeod Bethune
People called Mary McLeod Bethune "The First Lady of The Struggle." The struggle being improving life for African Americans. Bo…
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Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh
Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, rulin…
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15 March 1745: OLAUDAH EQUIANO
On this date in 1745, we remember the birth of Olaudah Equiano, an African slave, and author. From Nigeria, Equiano, also known as (Gusta…
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OLIVER LEWIS (1856-1924)
In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was born in 1…
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Timbuktu, the fabled city nestled in the heart of Mali
Timbuktu, the fabled city nestled in the heart of Mali, stands as a symbol of Africa’s rich historical tapestry. Beyond its golden age as…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SANKORE, TIMBUKTU
The historic city of Timbuktu in Mali, recognised for its profound scholarly heritage, harbours the remnants of one of the world's ea…
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Benjamin Banneker Designed Washington DC
Benjamin Banneker was born a free man in 1731. He lived in Maryland with his mother, a free African American woman, and his father, a fo…
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