Early Life and Background Tilahun Gizaw was born in 1940 in Maychew, Tigray, Ethiopia. He played a significant role in...

The Angolan War of Independence began in March 1961, with uprisings on coffee plantations against forced labour and inhumane working...

Known by many as "Mama Africa", Miriam Makeba was more than a singer; she was an emblem of the anti-apartheid...

He was born on July 23, 1892, near Harer, Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, originally named Lij Tafari Makonnen, was an Ethiopian...

Poverty is a complex socio-economic issue with many faces. It can manifest as a sick person who cannot see a...

The pogroms I witnessed in Makurdi, Nigeria (late Sept. 1966) were foreshadowed by months of intensive anti-Igbo and anti-Eastern conversations...

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their understanding of their history. As a continent,...

Unravelling the Identity of Punt Chronicled in the annals of ancient Egypt as Ta netjer or ‘the land of the...

Abedi Ayew Pelé, a Ghanaian footballer born into a family in the town of Kibi on Nov. 5, 1964, is...

The history of Nigeria's Independence from the United Kingdom is incomplete without considering the history of Nigeria through the ages. Home to...

The Aba Women's Protest of 1929, also known as Ogu Umunwanyi in Igbo land, Nigeria, was a significant protest movement...

JP Clark, whose full name is Johnson Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, was born on the 6th of April, 1935, to an Ijaw...

Early Life and Resilience Grace Alele-Williams, born 16th December 1932, started her educational journey at the Government School in Warri,...