17 years old Gabriel Carothers from New Mexico has become the state’s youngest pilot and the youngest African American in the state to become a pilot

Mansa Musa ruled the Kingdom of Mali from 1312 to 1337. At the time of Musa’s ascension to the throne, Mali consisted of the territory of the former Ghana Empire,

Nwanyeruwa was an Igbo woman from southeastern Nigeria during the colonial era who organized and led 10,000 Nigerian women to protest against the exploitative taxation system imposed by the British

A 17-year-old Malawian student, Stuward Nankhumwa has built a free data Wi-Fi device to provide internet access to people living in his community.

Hilarius Gilges is one of the few documented and popular examples of Afro-Germans who actively stood to oppose the rise of Hitler’s Nazism in Germany before the onset of World

9-year-old David Balogun, a Nigerian American has graduated from high school in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He is now the youngest student ever to graduate from Reach Cyber Charter

Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found alive following reports that he was trapped after an earthquake in Turkey.

Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution inspired millions of free and enslaved people of African descent to seek freedom and equality throughout the Atlantic world. Toussaint and other black leaders

Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer Tems has won her first Grammy award, becoming the first Nigerian female artist to win a Grammy Award.

Aunty Polly Jackson was a bold and fearless black woman who took up arms to protect and safeguard runaway slaves from anti-abolitionists and white slavers. Dressed like an old woman,

Ernest Fredric Morrison was an American child actor, comedian, and dancer who performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison. He was the only black East Side Kids/Dead End Kids

The term Adivasi derives from the Hindi word ‘adi‘ which means of earliest times or from the beginning and ‘vasi‘ meaning inhabitant or resident. The Adivasi are the original people

64 years old Angela Basset, one of the stars in the Black Panther movie has become the highest-paid African American actress in network television history.

Isaiah Gyamfi is a Ghanaian child prodigy who received international attention and grew popular after it was revealed that he can read, write, and count in English, Spanish, French, and

A young and beautiful Ghanaian lady identified as Abigail Adjoa has taken to social media to celebrate after fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a teacher

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