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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 inhumanity…
A Brief History Of Jazz
A Brief History Of Jazz The Roots Of Jazz: The Harlem Great Migration The roots and story of Jazz are inseparable from the story of…
Black Hair, The Afrocomb & The History Of Self-Hatred
“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 tribal…
When The Moors Ruled Europe
Arabs came into Africa around 639 AD as part of a Jihad which took over Egypt, Libya and the Maghreb inhabited by indigenous Black peoples…
Imhotep The African: Ancient Egypt’s First Architect
Imhotep The African: Ancient Egypt’s First Architect Imhotep is the first Architect and Physician known by name to written history. According to Ancient Egyptian tradition,…
Black Supremacy Vs White Supremacy
‘That race is everything, is simply a fact, the most remarkable, the most comprehensive, which philosophy has ever announced. Race is everything: literature, science, art…
The History Of 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 Civil…
Black History Lessons From Apartheid & Jim Crow
Apartheid & Jim Crow Following the Afrikaner National Party’s 1948 Election victory, in 1950 it passed the Population Registration Act which marked the inauguration of…
Black Slaves & The History Of The American Revolution
Black Slavery & The American Revolution ‘Give me liberty or give me death’. Patrick Henry’s famous words which inspired the American Revolution and led to…
History Of The Pre-Colonial Kingdoms Of Africa
The Songhai Empire was the last and largest of the three main West African Pre-Colonial Empires. Origins Of The Songhai Empire During the reign of…
The Black Wall Street Story
The Black Wall Street Story The Black Wall Street story is one of the most tragic episodes in the history of Jim Crow America…It is…
The Monomotapa Kingdom
History of the African Kingdom of Monomotapa In this African History entry we explore the History of the African Kingdom Of Monomotapa. Â In the late…
