Africa for the Africans
Africa for the Africans. African independence movements have existed for as long as the foreign overlords, but the formation of organized political resistance gained momentum...
The Age of the Explorers
The Age of the Explorers The first European visitors to Africa were content to make brief forays into well-fortified coastal settlements, but it wasn’t long...
The European Slave Trade
The European Slave Trade There has always been slavery in Africa (slaves were often the by-products of intertribal warfare, and the Arabs and Shirazis who...
African Kingdoms
African Kingdoms. In the years before Europeans came to Africa, many powerful empires and kingdoms ruled over large areas of the continent. Their rulers ruled over...
Ancient African Empires
Ancient African Empires Victorian missionaries liked to think they were bringing the beacon of ‘civilisation’ to the ‘savages’ of Africa, but the truth is that...
HISTORY OF AFRICA
Human origins & migrations You’ve probably heard the claim that Africa is ‘the birthplace of humanity’. But before there were humans, or even apes, or...
100 Things You Didn’t Know About Africa
100 Things You Didn't Know About Africa. 1. The human race is of African origin. The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or...
The Story Of The Ghana Must Go exodus, How Nigeria Deported Over Two Million illegal African Immigrants In 1983
The Story Of The Ghana Must Go exodus, How Nigeria Deported Over Two Million illegal African Immigrants In 1983. Did you know that Nigeria organized...
[History] The Truth About Ken Saro Wiwa
The Truth About Ken Saro Wiwa. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian citizen, was executed by an earlier military regime in Nigeria because he fought for his...
Last Days of Hitler’s Favourite Little Girl
Last Days of Hitler's Favourite Little Girl. In her new book, Emma Craigie uncovers the heartbreaking story of 12-year-old Helga Goebbels, who was killed by...