Bai Bureh (February 15, 1840 – August 24, 1908) was the great Sierra Leonean ruler and military strategist who led the Temne uprising against the British in 1898. His father was a prominent Loko warrior, and his mother was possibly a Temne from the Makeni region. As a young man, he was taken to Gbendembu, a warrior training school, where …

The Mbuti people, or Bambuti, are one of several indigenous groups in the Congo region of Africa. Their languages are Central Sudanic languages and Bantu languages. Some hunt in small groups while other Mbuti hunt with nets, which requires large groups of people, including women and children, to drive animals into the nets. Bambuti, also called Mbuti, a group of …

Africa was home to a part of the world’s best heads in the ancient era. African women have played a significant role in the continent’s history. Queens were among the forerunners, commanding their territories with precision and patroitism. Their power has made an everlasting impression in history. Hangbe (or Hangbè, also Ahangbe or Na Hangbe) was the ruler of the …

Emperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s most illustrious rulers, reigning as King of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 until his death in 1913. On August 17, 1884, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia, he was born Sahle Miriam. Woizero Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo, his mother, was a palace servant, and his father was …

Charles Sogli, a 22-year-old man, who is nearly eight feet tall, has appealed for a customised footwear and working gear to keep him in his welding and metal fabrication job. He also needs a special vehicle to aid his mobility. The young man, believed to be the tallest man in the Volta Region, said he dropped out of school because …

The Kuba kingdom, located between the Kasai and Sankuru rivers in the southern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was one of the most powerful and beautiful civilizations that flourished from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Migrating from the far north to their current location in the 16th century, the Kuba kingdom was largely isolated due to …

Taharqa was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt. Taharqa was also the cousin and successor of Shebitku. He was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore of the Kingdom of Kush, from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the “Kushite Pharaohs” who ruled over Egypt for nearly …

A truly one-of-a-kind African country. Ethiopia has a long, detailed, fascinating history, a distinct national identity, incredible and untapped heritages, and rites that are both exciting and mysterious in their own right. It’s also the world’s oldest living alphabets – Ethiopic – and probably one of the longest with its 345 letters. The country is a mosaic of plethora of …

Fishing expeditions were first organized by Africans 90,000 years ago. A finely wrought series of harpoon points, all elaborately polished and barbed, was discovered in Katanda, a region in northeastern Zare (now Congo). A well-crafted tool, thought to be a dagger, was also discovered. The findings suggested the existence of an ancient aquatic or fishing culture. Katanda Territory is one …

Daudi Chewa II KCMG KBE was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939. He was the 34th Kabaka of Buganda, has a surviving daughter, Princess Addah Balilara lives in Bujjuko, Kampala. He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1884 …