Queen Nanny
The Ashanti woman from Ghana who ended up as a freedom fighter and hero in Jamaica In 1975, the Jamaican government officially recognized Queen Nanny...
Category : International
The story of Takyi, the Ghanaian king who led a slave rebellion in Jamaica in 1760
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Takyi, once a prosperous Fanti king from the Gold Coast, now modern-day Ghana, found himself in a vastly different role as a slave on the...
Akua, the influential slave healer who became queen in Jamaica but was executed by the British
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The Queen of Kingston in Jamaica or Cubah Cornwallis, as she is popularly known, is lost in history due to the improper documentation that makes...
Jesus Has Done Nothing To Save Africa From European Wickedness For Over 350 Years
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There is a very strong notion and believe by African Christians that Jesus Christ will save them from suffering and reverse the many hurts inflicted...
How black people were eliminated in Argentina throughout history
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The Forgotten History of Afro-Argentines: A Journey Through Time In the annals of history, Argentina is often recognized for its European heritage, tango music, and...
There were hundreds of Africans in Tudor England – and none of them slaves
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A couple of months ago, the eminent classicist Mary Beard was at the heart of a thunderous Twitterstorm. The BBC had made a cartoon film about...
Queen Amina of Zazzau
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The Legendary Warrior Queen of 16th-Century Africa Queen Amina of Zazzau, one of Africa’s most formidable warrior queens, ruled the northern Nigerian kingdom of Zazzau...
Brazil’s sugar plantations were brutal — ‘Angola Janga’ follows the slaves who fought back
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As Brazil’s sugar economy expanded explosively in the 16th century, the nation’s Portuguese occupiers cultivated a system of plantations that became dependent upon the trafficking...
Infanticide as Slave Resistance: Evidence from Barbados, Jamaica, & Saint-Domingue
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Colonial-era fictional and non-fictional descriptions of slave motherhood offer conflicting accounts of the attitudes of slave mothers toward their children. While abolitionists tended to portray...
Arthur Wharton
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The first black professional footballer in the world was born in Ghana in 1865 Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) was a...