Mwamikazi Nidi Ririkumutima Bizama hitanzimiza Mwezi (died 28 July 1917) reigned as Queen Regent of Burundi from 1908 till her death. Ririkumutima was born in the Kingdom of Burundi in the mid-nineteenth century, the third daughter of Chief Sekawonyi of the Watussi Munyakarama clan by his wife Inankinso. Ririkumutima was one of Mwezi Gisabo’s (ca. 1850 – 1908) thirteen wives …

Bantu-speaking Africans, for whom the descendants make up the vast majority of South Africa’s current population, had moved south of the Limpopo River around 1,500 years ago. The Bantu speakers came from West Central Africa, north of the Congo River, near present-day Cameroon, and combined knowledge of cattle-keeping and slash-and-burn (swidden) cultivation with metal-working expertise. Historians and archaeologists now believe …

Dihya, also known as Al-Kahina, was a Berber queen and religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim invasion of the Maghreb, also known as Numidia at the time. She was born in the early seventh century and died nearly end of the seventh century in present-day Algeria. Origins and Religion Her given name either of one …

kingdom of Punt is referred to in ancient Egyptian texts as the “Land of the Gods” – Ta Netjer. Punt’s history is linked with that of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms, and the kingdoms valued Punt as a trading partner. Signs of exchange had already begun to appear in Egyptian material evidence during the pre-dynastic period (c6000 – 3150 BC). During …

In the Middle Ages, the tales about the land of gold in Africa spread throughout Europe. Arab merchants talked about the Wagadu Empire, also known as the Ghana Empire. One of the main gold producers in Africa was the Wagadu Empire, also known as the Ghana Empire. The king owned all of the gold. Every golden nugget weighing between 25 …

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who died at the age of 72, held the record for the longest reign of all Zulu kings. He had been in power for 50 years. After being admitted to the hospital for diabetes-related disease, Zwelithini died on March12, 2021. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the king’s traditional prime minister, declared that he had died of COVID-19 while preparing for …

The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states located in what is present-day the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia, with Katanga as its capital. Origin of Lunda Kingdom he Lunda confederation was founded on the foundation of a commune known as an N’Gaange in the kiLunda (kiyaka-kipunu) language. It was …

Sobhuza II, also known as Nkhotfotjeni, was born in Mona on 22 July 1899 and died on 21 August 1982. He was Paramount Chief and later Ngwenyama of Swaziland for 82 years and 254 days, the longest verifiable reign of any monarch recorded world history. He ascended to the throne as King of Swaziland on December 10, 1899, when he …

The Himba (singular: Omuhimba, plura: Ovahimba) are an ancient tribe in Namibia, closely related to the Herero. The origins of the Himba people Their roots can be traced back to central and western Africa, but they have since settled in Angola and Namibia. The OvaHimba refuse to adhere to modern culture and continue to wear their traditional clothes, which includes loin cloths and animal …

The Dufuna Canoe was discovered in 1987 by a Fulani cattle herder a few kilometers from the village of Dufuna in the Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State, Nigeria, near the Komadugu Gana River. The canoe was dated at 8,500 to 8,000 years old by radiocarbon dating of a sample of charcoal found near the site, linking the site …