Category: DISCOVER (History)
Africa’s Forgotten Ancient Scripts: Nsibidi
<> Wikimedia Commons Nsibidi and the Forgotten Scripts of Africa: Reclaiming Our Ancient Written Legacy Ask most people where writing began, and they’ll likely point ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Yaa Ashantewaa and the Golden Stool of Ashanti (Ghana)
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
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Nana Asmau – Royal Counsellor and Poet, Sokoto (Nigeria)
Princess Nana Asma’u bint Shehu Usman dan Fodiyo (Arabic: نانا أسماء بنت عثمان فودي; 1793–1864) Nana Asma’u (full name: Nana Asma’u bint Shehu Usman ... Read More
Stolen Treasures of Tutankhamun Return to Egypt
Tutankhamun, who died at the age of 19 years, was one of the few kings worshiped as a god in his lifetime (Imagined by AI) ... Read More
White-Washed: The Missing Black Populations of North Africa
A mixed-race woman. Photo by Jude Infantini on Unsplash A Genocide Forgotten There are uncanny parallels between North Africa’s racial history and the story ... Read More
Africa’s Chinese “Fable”: 600 Years of Mixed History
An African man with a chonmage (Chinese sumo wrestler's hairstyle) and a nose-ring (Image: Unsplash) Africa’s 600-Year-Old “Chinese Fable”: What History and Mixed Heritage ... Read More
Ife Bronzes: African Art That Shook the Western World
The West Is Stunned by Africa’s Genius In the late 1930s, a group of construction workers in Wunmonije, near the palace in Ile Ife, Osun ... Read More