History, Knowledge & Memory
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Laal language
Laalyəw láàlNative toChadRegionGori, Damtar, Mailao villages in Moyen-Chari prefectureNative speakers750 (2000)Language familyunclassified, possibly a language isolateDialectsGori LaabeLanguage codesISO 639-3gdmGlottologlaal1242 Laal is an…
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The United States of America v. Robert Morris
Robert Morris was being prosecuted for aiding African Americans who freed fugitive slave Frederick Minkins (known as “Shadrach”) from the…
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Fela Kuti
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat…
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for…
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The 500-year-old bones of African slaves tell a traumatic story
Written in bone — They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas. Kiona N. Smith -…
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Lost City Discovered Beneath Ethiopia Was Once a Pillar of The Legendary Aksum Empire
Excavations in Ethiopia have uncovered a lost city from one of the least documented major civilisations of the ancient world.…
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East African herders drank milk 5,000 years ago
Milk was essential to east African herders at least 5,000 years ago, according to a new study about what’s now…
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Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period in African history
Hundreds of mediaeval artefacts are scattered with human remains at the bottom of a cave in the southeast of the…
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Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt,…
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Malcom X
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: ٱلْحَاجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized: al-Ḥājj Mālik ash-Shabāzz, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), better known…
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March 21, 1960: South Africa’s day of infamy
By Kevin Ritchie Mar 21, 2020On March 21, 1960, tens of thousands of black South Africans heeded the call by…
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Researchers Identify Matilda McCrear As The Last Survivor Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Last year, Sally "Redoshi" Smith was identified as the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. New research reveals Matilda…
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Kenya
Kenya (/ˈkɛnjə), officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties…
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Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa /ˈkreɪdoʊ ˈmʊtwə/ (21 July 1921 – 25 March 2020) was a Zulu sangoma (traditional healer) from South…
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