Category: Inspiring Stories
Violet Edwards – The Oldest Black Woman In The United States To Graduate From College At Age 96
Violet Edwards is the oldest African-American to receive a university degree at 96 years and 263 days old.
Meet Haben Girma: The first-ever blind and deaf person to graduate from Harvard Law School
There are certainly no limitations to what black people can accomplish. Haben Girma is a living testament. The 34-year-old author, advocate, speaker, and disability justice…
Godwin Ajala – The Nigerian Man Who Laid His Life To Save Countless Number Of People From The Blazing World Trade Center
Godwin Ajala is often remembered and celebrated as an American national hero who laid his life for the sake of countless people who were escaping…
Meet Nzambi Matee: The Kenyan Woman Turning Plastic Wastes Into Bricks ‘Seven Times’ Stronger Than Concrete Bricks
A 29-year-old Kenyan woman named Nzambi Matee is turning tons of plastic waste trash generated in Kenya into super durable, lightweight bricks that are five to seven times stronger than concrete bricks.
John Edmonstone: The Enslaved Black Man Who Taught Charles Darwin The Skill of Taxidermy, A Skill That Made The Theory of Evolution Possible
John Edmonstone was an enslaved black man who taught the young and inexperienced Charles Darwin the skill of taxidermy.
The Story of Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche: The only Black Man of African Ancestry Onboard The R.M.S Titanic
Millions of people have either seen or read the story of the R.M.S Titanic. But how many of us have read about Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche, a Haitian engineer – the only black man of African ancestry that was onboard the R.M.S Titanic.
In Memory of Dr Runoko Rashidi: The Black Historian Who Dedicated His Whole Life In Rebranding Black History
The African Dream thinks the month of August should be dedicated to the outstanding life journey of Dr. Runoko Rashidi. Therefore, we are taking this…
From The Horn of Africa To The World: Somalian Scientist Mariam Noor Has Developed A Surgical Ring That Helps Prevent Leaking Heart Valves
There has been a gigantic step toward the solution to heart problems as Mariam Noor, a Somali-born Ph.D. student at Aarhus University, developed a small…
13-year-old Alena Analeigh Becomes The Youngest Black Medical Student In American History
Alena Analeigh Wicker has undoubtedly stamped her name in the history books after becoming the youngest Black person to have been accepted into medical school…
The inspiring story of Evans Wadongo: The Kenyan who designed the first-ever African-designed solar lamp
Evans Wadongo is the Co-Founder and CEO of GreenWize Energy Ltd., Kenya. Evans Wadongo made headlines at the age of 19 when he designed the first-ever African-designed solar lamp made from recycled materials.
How A Black Woman Invented The World’s First Sanitary Kit
It is often misunderstood by people with racial thoughts to dwell in the ideology that blacks are racially inferior or mentally inept. Well, the inspiring…
Davido offers full scholarship to Ghanaian students who scored 8As in WASSCE
Davido has taken social media by surprise yet again after he tweeted that he will give a full scholarship to a Ghanaian student named Morro Suleyman who scored 8As in all subjects he sat for in last year’s West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) but has been at home for months with no concrete plans to go to the university due to his parents not being financially strong to send him to the university.
Meet 19-year-old Haley Taylor Schiltz: The Youngest Black Woman To Graduate From Law School In America
Haley Taylor Schlitz hits double success after becoming the youngest law school graduate at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the youngest black woman to graduate…
Meet 23-year-old Patience Masua: The Youngest Sitting Member of Parliament In Namibia And The Youngest In Africa
Patience Masua is unarguably the youngest parliamentarian in Africa and the youngest member of parliament in Namibia. And as a woman, this is symbolic of…
Meet Emmanuel Saati: A 21-year-old Sierra Leonean Innovator Who Developed A Smart Glasses And Stick For Blind People And A Food Preservation Bag For Agricultural Crops
Emmanuel Saati, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean innovator, has developed smart glasses and sticks for visually impaired persons to detect 0bjects, to offer those people some…
Meet Ramarni Wilfred: The Black Genius With An IQ Higher Than Scientist Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, And Physicist Stephen Hawking
Colonial backlogs and the rudiments of slavery have always circled black people as being inferior and mentally unfit. Well, the outstanding story of Ramarni Wilfred…
African Solutions For African Problems: Meet Safiatou Nana, Burkinabe Engineer Who Developed A Solar-Powered Irrigation System For Desert Areas In Burkina Faso
Considering how patriarchal our African society can be, one might breathe a sigh of relief and comfort when they see women taking up the mantra…
INSPIRING! Meet Dr. Penelope Adinku: The First Female Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Ghana And The First Ghanaian Female Doctor To Perform An Open-Heart Surgery
Women like Dr Penelope Adinku, who has now become the first-ever female cardiothoracic surgeon in Ghana should be celebrated.
Meet 25-year-old Audrey Maame Esi Swatson: Ghana’s Youngest Female Commercial Pilot
Audrey Maame Esi Swatson, 25, is Ghana’s youngest commercial pilot and one of the youngest in the world. Audrey began chasing her dream of flying when she was 18 years old.
From being bullied because of her skin colour to founder of black-owned clothing line – How 15-year-old Kheris Rogers overcome bullying
At 10, Kheris Rodgers announced the launch of Flexin In My Complexion. She is currently aged fifteen (15) with every taste of positively impacting the…