Category: SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi (Ife, Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Moremi (Ife, Nigeria)

Ibironke Babalola- January 16, 2023

Queen Moremi sacrifices her son Oluorogbo to the river (Imagined by Gencraft)   Queen Moremi: The Heroine Who Saved Ile-Ife Among the great women of ... 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

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

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Nana Asmau – Royal Counsellor and Poet, Sokoto (Nigeria)
DISCOVER (History), SAGE

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Nana Asmau – Royal Counsellor and Poet, Sokoto (Nigeria)

Bimi- January 16, 2012

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

Famous Persons of African Heritage: Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia
SAGE

Famous Persons of African Heritage: Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia

Ibironke Babalola- May 20, 2010

Alexander Pushkin (Illustration)   Famous African in World History: Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia’s Iconic Poet Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) is Russia’s literary giant. His masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, redefined ... Read More