Royal African Company
In West Africa, where the tapestry of history was profoundly woven with Europe’s commercial ambitions, a vibrant gold trade flourished long before the Age of...
Category : International
Windrush
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‘As we passed through the white cliffs of Dover, it was beyond imagination,’ recalls Edwin Hilton Hall, one of several hundred excited West Indian passengers...
Sislin Fay Allen
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Sislin Fay Allen was an inspiration for many when she became the Metropolitan Police’s first black female police officer, based at Croydon in the late...
Claude McKay
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Claude McKay was a prominent Jamaican-born poet and novelist, known for his significant contributions to American literature during the early 20th century. Born on September...
Patrice Emery Lumumba
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Patrice Émery Lumumba (1925–1961) was a towering figure in the struggle for African independence, serving as the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of...
Steve Biko
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Steve Biko, also known as Bantu Stephen Biko, was a prominent figure in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. Born on December 18, 1946,...
Thomas Sankara
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Thomas Sankara was a prominent figure in African history, known for his revolutionary leadership and commitment to social and economic change. Born on December 21,...
Ruben Um Nyobè
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Ruben Um Nyobè is a little known but major figure in the African independence campaign. He was the first African political leader to claim independence...
Walter Rodney
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Walter Rodney, whose father was a tailor and whose mother was a homemaker, was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He won a government scholarship that enabled...
Frantz Fanon
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Frantz Fanon was a prominent psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary thinker who made significant contributions to the fields of postcolonial studies, critical theory, and decolonization. Born...