Category: DISCOVER (History)

Mother Afre Kh Takes Nuclear Physicists To School
DISCOVER (History)

Mother Afre Kh Takes Nuclear Physicists To School

Bimi- January 16, 2023

A nuclear explosion (Image by WikiImages from Pixabay) “Two billion years ago, parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission,” say Nuclear Scientists ... Read More

Darwin’s African Origins
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Darwin’s African Origins

Bimi- January 16, 2023

Image by Denis Doukhan from Pixabay The Genealogy Project, a five-year initiative backed by National Geographic and IBM, has traced the origins of the famous ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)

David- January 15, 2023

Queen Mother Idia was the mother of Oba Esigie in the ancient west African kingdom of Benin. From as early as the 11th century until ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)

Bimi- January 11, 2023

Minos, imagined by Gencraft AI The kingdom of Dahomey, now called Republique du Benin is located in Western Africa, bordered by Togo on the west ... Read More

The Missing Black Populations of North Africa
Blog (Misc and opinions), DISCOVER (History)

The Missing Black Populations of North Africa

Bimi- February 1, 2017

A mixed race woman. Photo by Jude Infantini on Unsplash There are many similarities between the history of North Africa and that of North America ... Read More

Ancient Africa Writings – Nsibidi
DISCOVER (History), LOUDER (Culture, lifestyle and Interviews)

Ancient Africa Writings – Nsibidi

David- January 4, 2014

Oral tradition plays a very strong role in African culture, leading to the erroneous conclusion that Africans south of the Sahara do not have a ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Yaa Ashantewaa and the Golden Stool of Ashanti (Ghana)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Yaa Ashantewaa and the Golden Stool of Ashanti (Ghana)

Bimi- February 1, 2012

The Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana West Africa was founded in the seventeenth century by King Osei Tutu I, with the help of his feared Priest ... Read More