Category : International

Kanem-Bornu, African trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is...

Ahmed Sékou Touré, born on January 9, 1922, in Faranah, French Guinea (now Guinea), was a prominent figure in African politics and the first president...

Félix Houphouët-Boigny, a prominent figure in Ivorian and African politics, was born on October 18, 1905, in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, which was then part of...

The SHARK ISLAND Genocide in Namibia is a dark chapter in the country’s history, representing a brutal and tragic period of mass extermination and suffering....

Charwe, in full Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, (born 1862?—died April 27, 1898), one of the major spiritual leaders of African resistance to white rule during the late...

Victims of Herero and Nama genocide In 1884, Germans invaded what is now present-day Namibia in Southern Africa. Led by Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of...

David Unaipon (1872-1967), preacher, author, and inventor was born on 28 September 1872 at the Point McLeay Mission, South Australia, fourth of nine children of...

The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were five conflicts that occurred between the Ashanti Empire and the British Empire and which ultimately resulted in the Ashanti Empire being...

Osei Tutu, (born c. 1660—died 1712 or 1717), founder and first ruler of the Asante (Ashanti) empire (in present-day Ghana) who as chief of the...