Tag: gold

The Second Gift: Africa and the Choice Before the World
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The Second Gift: Africa and the Choice Before the World

FN Policy Dialogue Series- March 7, 2026

Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash A reflection on civilizational crossroads, Ubuntu economics, and what this generation of Africans is being asked to choose There ... Read More

Out of Africa to the World: A Long History of Extraction
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Out of Africa to the World: A Long History of Extraction

FN Educational Resources- October 22, 2025

From antiquity, Africa has given the world its best - without reciprocity or acknowledgement. DRC holds 70% of global Cobalt reserves. (Image: Wiki Commons)   ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Amina of Zazzau (Nigeria)
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Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Amina of Zazzau (Nigeria)

Bimi- February 1, 2023

Queen Amina was instructed in political and military strategies (Imagined by AI) Queen Amina of Zazzau in the present-day Kaduna state of northern Nigeria, was ... Read More

Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
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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: Yaa Ashantewaa and the Golden Stool of Ashanti (Ghana)
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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