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Queen Nzinga (approximately 1583–1663) is honored as a national heroine in Angola for numerous significant reasons, stemming from her remarkable leadership, opposition to colonialism, and lasting impact. Her life and...

Freedom fighter Nat Turner saw a solar eclipse, which he believed was a sign from God and he started what is considered the most deadly slave revolt, the Nat Turner...

"I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." ~ Leopold II of Belgium After the Berlin conference of 1884-1885...

Gaspar Yanga was a liberator and one of Mexico’s heroes, enslaved from West Africa. He fought for the abolition of slavery in Mexico. He was known as “America’s First Liberator”...

In 1884, during the Berlin Conference, European nations established the 'legal' claim that all of Africa could be occupied by whomever could take it. They set out murdering africans and...

In 1855, a young enslaved black woman named Celia killed a white man who raped her. A Missouri judge stated that an slave woman had no right to refuse her...

The Practice of slavery was abolished in Argentina in the year 1853. Although, in 1813, the freedom of newborn slaves and all enslaved people who set foot on Argentine soil...

Engaruka is located in the Rift valley in northern Tanzania, in the Arusha region, there are a set of ruins, considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites...

Traditional African hairstyles are back in fashion and making a real comeback on the fashion scene.From spiral braids to elegant ancestral braids, these hairstyles are not only a way to...

Being one of the best boxing champions, he never got a chance to compete for a world title due racism. The "Black Prince,” a heavyweight, was from the West Indies,...

In 1879, the British army invaded the independent & previously friendly Zulu kingdom, which had been founded by the formidable Nguni warrior Shaka Zulu in 1818. Shaka had been the first...

Chuck Berry once said his entire career was "one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation." Chuck Berry was perhaps the defining musician of the early rock & roll era, the one figure...