Harriet Tubman (c. 1820–1913) escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Who Was Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to freedom in the North in 1849, becoming the Underground Railroad’s most renowned “conductor.” On this sophisticated hidden network of …
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67-year-old African man invents cooking stove that uses water. No more gas or kerosene
Africans are rejoicing over the invention of a gas cooker which does not use kerosene or gas by a 67-year-old man at a time when the price of gas has increased significantly. The man who goes by the name Hadi Usman demonstrated in a video how the product works. He appealed to the government to support in terms of patent …
Read More »Ruby Bridges the first black child to attend an all-white school that she was guarded in 1960
Ruby Bridges born in 1954 was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist. Who Is Ruby Bridges? When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American child to attend a predominantly white Southern elementary school. Due to angry mobs, her mother …
Read More »Did you know Avatar was created based on the culture of Nilotic people of Africa?
“The Nilotic people of Eastern South Sudan, Western Ethiopia, and Northern Kenya inspired Avatar. The Nilotic people are the world’s tallest and darkest people.” Avatar (also known as James Cameron’s Avatar) is a 2009 American film directed by James Cameron. In the mid-twentieth century, mankind colonize Pandora, a lush livable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star …
Read More »Meet self-educated African American Architect who designed Washington, DC in two days
Many people think, Washington, D.C., the U.S. headquarters. Originally designed by the white famous architects Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Andrew Ellicot finished the project in 1792 after the former left the building. U.S capital would not be the same if it wasn’t for Benjamin Banneker, the Black architect hired by George Washington, the first President of the United States, to design …
Read More »Henry Box Brown, enslaved black man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box in 1849
Henry “Box” Brown was born enslaved in Louisa County, Virginia in 1815. When he was 15, he was sent to Richmond to work in a tobacco factory. His life was filled with unrewarding drudgery, though he had it better than most of his enslaved peers. The loss of his freedom prevented him from living with his wife, Nancy, who was …
Read More »Rwanda ranked 6th safest country in the world & 1st in Africa – for solo travelers
Rwanda has been ranked the world’s sixth safest country for solo travelers, as well as the safest country in Africa. Switzerland is the safest place in the world for solo travelers, according to the report. The only African country to make the top ten is Rwanda. According to a new survey, Rwanda is the sixth safest country in the world …
Read More »Rwanda appoints Ghanaian Professor as acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Kigali
Under the leadership of Paul Kagame, Rwanda has built a reputation as one of the lead African countries working towards intra-continental co-operation and also the gradual neutralization of the artificial demarcations keeping Africans apart. This has reflected in their unity-specific policies, running through sectors such as, security, education, health, labour among other areas. In terms of trade and recruitment for …
Read More »Marie Van Brittan: The black woman who invented modern security systems – cctv
Who was Marie Van Brittan? Marie Van Brittan Brown was an African American inventor. She created the first home security system with the help of her husband Albert Brown. The patent for her invention was registered with the name of “Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance “ in 1966 and was accepted in 1969. The security system created by Marie …
Read More »Meet beautiful dark African girls that made planet crazy
What happens when four gorgeous South Sudanese women gather to eat breakfast dressed monochromatically in white and are photographed? It creates a stir on social media and drives netizens crazy. These photos of four stunning South Sudanese beauties have driven netizens nuts. The photos shot by creative director and photographer, Isaac West who is into uplifting women of color has …
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