Queens and Mothers: Pokou’s Crushing Sacrifice To Build a Nation
The choices before Queen Pokou at Comoé River were excruciating (Imagined by Gemini) A queen stood at the edge of a swollen river. Enemies closed ... Read More
Queens and Mothers: Orompoto, The Woman Who Ruled Old Oyo Empire
Orompoto convinced the king makers that she had transformed into a man and she lived like one, even leading the troops to war (Imagined by ... Read More
Empire: Ancient Benin, West Africa’s Lost Metropolis
Statue of His Royal Imperial Majesty, the late Oba Akenzua II of Benin Kingdom in full regalia (Image Wikicommons) The Benin Empire: The West African ... Read More
Empire: War, Trade, Land, and Legacy of the Zulu Empire
Shaka built the Zulu Empire, its trade, decades of power, and the reach of its influence (Imagined by Gemini) Picture a clan of fewer ... Read More
Bronze and Wool: Ethiopia’s Scriptures And the Identity of Christ
Image of Iyesus (Jesus) reproduced from Iconography of Ethiopian Scriptures (Image: Wikipedia) For centuries, the world's dominant image of Jesus has been a European ... Read More
Queens and Mothers: Amanitore, the Kushite Kandake Who Built an Empire
Queen Amanitere, the Kandake mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, was a powerful Kushite Ruler between 1 BCE and 40 CE (Imagined from Temple ... Read More
Empire: The Rise and Reign of Mighty Oyo
Oyo mastered large-scale horse warfare using a highly coordinated dual division (Image recreated from historical accounts for FN) The Oyo Empire stands as one of ... Read More
Africa’s Ancient Bones: The Birth of Mathematics
The world's oldest mathematical tools are found in Africa, belying the narrative that Greece is the birthplace of mathematics (Image: Ishango bone: Wikimedia) An Editorial ... Read More
Youth Dividend: Meet the Africans Betting Big on Young People
Investing in young people is investing in the future (Image: Joshua Duneebon @ Unsplash) Visionaries Bet on the Future Tony Elumelu just did it again. ... Read More
Africa’s People: Ethnic Groups That Shape The Continent (East Africa)
An Oromo Woman (Image: Wikimedia) The Great Crossroads The Oromo — Africa's Largest Ignored Nation The Oromo are Ethiopia's largest ethnic group and one of ... Read More