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King Piye was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who conquered and ruled Egypt from 744-714 BC. He seized control of Upper Egypt within the first decade of his reign and ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, modern-day Sudan. King Piye is historically recognized as […]
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Queen Amenirenas was a Nubian ruler of the ancient African kingdom of Kush (located in modern-day Sudan), who is widely recognized as a skilled warrior after defending her kingdom against the armies of the Roman Empire. Under her guidance, she led over 30,000 soldiers in a victory against Caesar Augustus. She is one of the
Aminatu, commonly known as Queen Amina of the city-state Zazzau (now the city of Zaria in Kaduna State), is significantly recognized as the first woman to become a queen in a male-dominated society in ancient Africa and of the greatest warrior queens in the continent. Her story is characterized by courage, and resilience, and is
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In 1979, when he was two years old, Agbor Kingdom in Delta State, Nigeria, crowned King Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi I as their King.
The Banna, sometimes called Benna or Banya are a Nilotic ethnic group in Ethiopia that can be found in areas like Chari mountain near Kako town and Dimeka.
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John Edmonstone was an enslaved black man who taught the young and inexperienced Charles Darwin the skill of taxidermy.
Jasper Newton popularly known as “Jack Daniel” is celebrated for inventing Jack Daniel’s Whiskey in the 19th century. However, the company announced in 2016 that Daniel had learnt the skill of whiskey making from a black man named Nathan “Uncle Nearest” Green.
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When Valentine Strasser took over Sierra Leone as the country’s Head of State three days after his 25th birthday, he set a record for the youngest Head of State in history. Capt. Valentine Strasser rose to prominence as one of six equally young fellow officers who led the military coup that ousted Ex-President Joseph Saidu Momoh on April 29, 1992.
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Over the years, several historians and skeptics have subsequently debated the arrival of religion in Africa. Even though there is a school of thought that claims its existence has been in Africa since the beginning of time, accounts and sketches of history have testified to the position that Abrahamic and Islamic religion was brought into
Eager to act quickly and the world had turned its back against him, Patrice Lumumba ran to the Soviet Union for help. It was the Soviet Union who gave a listening ear to Lumumba.
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