The Maji Maji Rebellion Of Tanzanians Against German Brutality (1905-1907)
The most significant African challenge to German colonial rule during the brief period when Germany had African colonies was the Maji Maji Uprising in Tanganyika....
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Rachel Pringle Polgreen
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Rachel Pringle Polgreen, born Rachel Lauder in 1753 in Barbados, emerged as a significant historical figure as the first woman of color to own a...
Operation Solomon
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The Historic Airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel In the 1970s, the Israeli government recognized the urgent need to facilitate the immigration of Ethiopian Jews,...
Brothers in arms – Israel’s secret pact with Pretoria
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Several years ago in Johannesburg, I met a Jewish woman whose mother and sister were murdered in Auschwitz. After their deaths, she was forced into...
How Spanish king Charles the first 1518 decree for Africans to be shipped to the Americas triggered brutalities
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The history of American slavery, while extensively examined, is part of a broader narrative that began with European chattel slavery initiated by powers such as...
The tragic yet resilient story of Igbo slaves who committed mass suicide off U.S. coast in 1803
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The stories of slave resistance, many of us know, have to do with bloodshed, violence, and destruction. But there are other acts of resistance whose...
Amílcar Lopes Cabral
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Amílcar Lopes Cabral was a prominent figure in the fight for independence in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Born on September 12, 1924, in Bafatá, Portuguese...
How Cecil Rhodes Killed Million Of Southern Africans For Diamonds And Lands
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During the brutal scramble for Africa and Africa’s resources, at least two million Africans were killed in the scramble for ivory tusks for piano keys...
Meet The British Royal Of African Descent Before Meghan Markle
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It appears Meghan Markle may not be the first British royal of African descent. Historians have argued and presented proof that Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes...
How Europeans made being light-skin a “thing” in Africa – A look at Ghana
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A part of the psychopathology of colonization that the revered Frantz Fanon treated quite thoroughly is the stigmatization of black skin. The historical and cultural impact...