The Benin Kingdom, dating back to the 11th century, was one of the oldest and most advanced states in western Africa. Benin’s walls with their surroundings have been described as ‘the biggest earthworks in the world before the mechanical age,’ a man-made wondrous feature. In 1897, during the Punitive Expedition, the Walls of Benin, one of Africa’s ancient architectural wonders, …

Many of us may not believe this tribe is actually from India because they look Africans. Yes, because you were not told. The Jarawas are the indigenous tribe of India. They live on South Andaman and Middle Andaman Islands and they are estimated to be between 250 and 400 people today. Their contact with externals was generally disregarded, and much …

Ranavalona III was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883 to February 28, 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the government of France. As a young woman, she was selected from among several Andriana qualified to succeed Queen Ranavalona II upon her death. Like …

The discovery by Professor Fred Wendorf of barley, capers, chickpeas, dates, legumes and wheat cultivated in the west of Egypt. Old African tools have also been recovered. Grindstones, cooking stones and knives, scrubbers, burins, mortiers and pestles were mounted. There were graving chips. Before the Sahara became the arid and uninhibited desert, people thrived there today-according to new research, even …

The pandemic of coronavirus might have had a major leftward effect on the world economy. But that did not prevent Akon, a musicist and business mogul, from continuing to plan to build a futuristic pan-African city in his homeland, Senegal. The Locked Up singer, who spent the greatest part of his childhood in West Africa, announces in an interview with …

King Amenemhat III is considered one of the most important pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom and the 12th Dynasty. He was a resolute director, a wise politician, and a great builder. His reign was depicted as the golden period of the Middle Kingdom and the era of peace, stability and reconstruction after the wars fought by his father, King Senusert …

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who inspired millions with roles as Black Panther, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall, has died at age 43 after a four year battle with colon cancer, his family says. Chadwick Boseman made some of the biggest movies of our time while battling cancer. Unbelievable. Amazing strength. At least he was with family when he passed, surrounded by …

You may think that it is 2020 worldwide. But not the same thing for Ethiopia as they recently entered their new year (2013) in September. With a specific calendar seven or eight years behind the rest of the world, there are massive celebrations going on around the country or celebrate the New Year. A calendar similar to the ancient Julian …

“The darkest man is here the most highly esteemed and considered better than the others who are not so dark. Let me add that in very truth these people portray and depict their gods and their idols black and their devils white as snow. For they say that God and all the saints are black and the devils are all …

The 25th dynasty of Egypt, also known as the Nubian dynasty or kushite kingdom, was the last dynasty of Egypt’s Third Middle Era after the Nubian incursion (the XXV Dynasty or the 25th Dynasty). The 25th dynasty was a line of pharaohs from Kush Kingdom, located in northern Sudan and Upper Egypt today. Most of the kings of this dynasty …