Alexandre Sabès Pétion (b. 2 April 1770; d. 29 March 1818), President of Haiti (1807–1818). Born in Port-au-Prince to a mulatto mother and a wealthy...
In July 1930, at a tractor factory in Stalingrad, a black American, Robert Robinson, quarreled with white US citizens: Lewis and Brown. These two (natives...
Julius Malema, in full Julius Sello Malema, (born March 3, 1981, Seshego township, South Africa), South African politician known for his fiery outspoken nature and...
British South Africa Company (BSAC, BSACO, or BSA Company), a mercantile company based in London that was incorporated in October 1889 under a royal charter...
Cetshwayo kaMpande also spelled Cetewayo, (born c. 1826, near Eshowe, Zululand [now in South Africa]—died Feb. 8, 1884, Eshowe), last great king of the independent...
Anglo-Zulu War, also known as Zulu War, decisive six-month war in 1879 in Southern Africa, resulting in British victory over the Zulus. During the second...
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After the...