Tag: history

Famous Persons of African Heritage: Emperor Septimius Severus, Rome
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Famous Persons of African Heritage: Emperor Septimius Severus, Rome

Ibironke Babalola- May 20, 2023

Roman Emperor Septimius Severus is believed to be the most powerful black ruler in all history (Imagined by AI)   Septimius Severus: Africa’s Roman Emperor ... 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: Queen Moremi (Ife, Nigeria)
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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
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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)
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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: The Warrior Queens of Dahomey (Republic of Benin)
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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
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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