Tag: africa

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

Sought by Love
VILLAGE (Family/Relationships)

Sought by Love

David- January 3, 2017

Photo by Mistura Oluwo : Pexels HOW TO FACE THE NEW YEAR? I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: ... Read More

A YEAR AWAY FROM MY LIFE
Blog (Misc and opinions), VILLAGE (Family/Relationships)

A YEAR AWAY FROM MY LIFE

David- September 16, 2015

Trying new things and growing is a choice (Image: Photo by Abdullahi Abdulquadri: Pexels) There are many things I will probably never understand about this ... Read More

Knowing When To Quit
Blog (Misc and opinions)

Knowing When To Quit

Ibironke Babalola- June 17, 2015

For a short while, I was not sure where I was (Photo by Deji Prince: Pexels) There is a saying that 'quitters never win'. Lemme ... Read More