Shambaa history can be divided into three periods. The first begins with the settling of Shambaa peoples in the Usambara mountains over 200 years ago and extends until the early 19th century when the Kilindi ruled. The first Kilindi king was Mbegha,…
The Kingdom of Axum /Aksum was an ancient kingdom in present day Ethiopia and Eritrea.The Axum or Aksum as they were known were a group that descended from indigenous Africans and Arabian settlers who settled in Africa. It is important to know…
Oberlin College, the liberal arts educational institution in Ohio, has announced that it is naming its main library to honor Mary Church Terrell.
“Oberlin’s history is steeped in moments of recognition of the college’s landmark achievements in its early years that provided access…
When it comes to African women in leadership and political participation there is one African leader who is a role model for young African women, Queen Nzinga. Queen Nzinga of the Mbande and Matamba Empire ruled the land that is present day…
Afonso Dhlakama who died at the age of 65, was the leaders and face of RENAMO (the Mozambican National Resistance Movement) for a long time. Dhlakama was an agent of white supremacist governments in Southern Africa. He was backed by colonial Rhodesia,…
The name Nigeria is the colonial name given to the country and was coined by the wife of Frederick Lugard, the architect of colonial Nigeria.
Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa with more than 190 million people made up…
On April 26, 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) opened the National Memorial for Peace and Justice which is the United States' first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and…
There is an assumption among Africans that the reason that our continent was taken over was because our for bearers did not have superior weapons. It is certainly true because the British often expansively bragged “We have the maxim gun and they…
I will always prick their consciences and I will always remind them of the painful past they want us to forget, I will always be that person who makes their consciences when they want to pretend that everything is fine, South Africa…
European settlers forcibly moved into the Kenyan highlands in large numbers after the completion of the Uganda railway in 1902. The land they occupied belonged to the Kikuyu and Kamba.
The European settlers claimed that the land was not being used to its…