Tanzania’s Maji Maji Resistance War
The roots of the Maji Maji resistance war lie in the partitioning of Tanganyika to Germany following the Berlin Conference of 1885. What Were…
Black History
5 African Royals Taken As Slaves
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was a tragic event that affected all strata of African Society including African Kings who were also captured as Slaves….
The FBI COINTELPRO Program
History Of COINTELPRO COINTELPRO, stands for “Counter Intelligence Program,” and it was a series of FBI programs between 1956 – 1971 trageted at disrupting…
America’s Black Civil War Soldiers
Black Soldiers Of The American Civil War In our latest Black History entry, we explore the role played by Black Soldiers during the American…
Apartheid & Jim Crow Compared
Apartheid & Jim Crow Compared Following the Afrikaner National Party’s 1948 Election victory, in 1950 it passed the Population Registration Act which marked the…
Black Hair, The Afrocomb & Slavery
“The African’s few personal possessions consisted of ornaments for the hair and the comb. The comb represented an expression of its creator and reflected…
The Missing Bronzes Of Benin
One of the tragedies of Colonialism was the looting of African cultural artifacts for private sale by Antique dealers and exhibition in European museums….
The Epic Of Sundiata Keita
Pre-Colonial Africa was a place of many Epics, and one of the most well known is the Epic Of Sundiata Keita, the Founding Epic…
American Aborigines: First Americans?
The question of whether Black American Aborigines were the first inhabitants of the Americas is quite intriguing. Native American Indians encountered by the first…
The Influence Of The Moors On Europe
The Moors ruled and influenced Europe all the way to Southern France and parts of Spain when Europe fell into decline after the fall…
Human Zoos: The Saartjie Baartman Story
The History of Human Zoos & The Stories of Saartjie Baartman and Oto Benga The stories of Saartjie Baartman and Oto Benga demonstrate the…
Christianity & Colonialism In Africa
The relationship between Chritianity and Colonialism in Africa began as as far back as the Monomotapa Empire in the 16th Century, Christian Missionaries began…