The people of Kru are a tribe of West Africa from South-Eastern Liberia and the neighboring Côte D’ivoire. Kru migrated and settled in different parts of the West African coasts, in particular Sierra Leone, Freetown, Cameroon, and Nigeria. It is said that Kru people have historical relations with Nigeria’s Ijaws. The Kru tribe who made fishing and trading as their …

A photo series was displayed at the Hubei Provincial Museum to show the relationship between man and nature which was captured during a photographer and businessman’s visit to Africa during in the past decades. “This is Africa” exhibition included traditional elephant, cheetah and sunset shots around the savannah, but makes one significant misstep. A segment titled “One’s heart looks” shows …

On the Coast of West Africa, the Dahomey Kingdom (1625 -1894) was home to the only appointed elite female warrior troop in history. In what is now modern day Benin, the Dahomey soldiers included fearless female warriors, most commonly known as the Dahomey Amazons. Not much is known about how the Dahomey Warriors came to be or even what happened …

Tenkamenin ‘King of Golden Kingdom of Ghana’ One of Great Models of African Rule (1037-1075 A.D.) Tenkamenin, the King of the People. Tenkamenin ruled from 1062 until 1076 in what is modern-day Ghana-who would have known right? Throughout Tenkamenin’s brief reign Ghana reached great heights. Tenkamenin’s empire prospered economically through his tactful management of the gold trade across the Sahara …

African handmade baskets for food storage, some different types of these baskets are traditionally used for winnowing grain. They come in a variety of types, sizes, and colors. African women use natural material found on the ground or from a plant or tree to make the baskets. Check out the following fascinating baskets: [aigpl-gallery-slider id=”554″] You can purchase them from …

Let us remember that African communities did not sit back and watch in glee but they fought back. The Liverpool Museum website features a firsthand account of the story of an African boy, Ouladah Equiano violently forced into a lifetime of slavery. It reads partially, “Generally, when the grown people within the neighborhood were gone far within the fields to …

For over 3,000 years, cats in ancient egypt have been depicted in Ancient Egyptians social and religious practices. Deity Mut was also portrayed as a cat and in the company of a cat. Cats have been embraced for killing venomous snakes and protecting the Pharaoh since at least the First Dynasty of Egypt. Ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest …

From the Book ‘Sudan’s Blood Memory’ The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan by Stephanie Beswick. Stephanie Beswick is a professor of history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She was born in Khartoum, Sudan. The Dinka Nubian Connection Many societies worldwide possess oral histories and long memories, reaching back many centuries, particularly of wars and …

Queen Amina of Zaria, also known as the warrior queen, was the first woman who ruled an African kingdom for over 30 years in the sixteenth century. She was the first Sarauniya (queen) in the area. Amina was born around 1533 in Zazzau, now called Zaria in the northern of Nigeria. She was the daughter of the 22nd ruler and founder of …

Yaa Asantewaa was born in 1840 and passed on in 1921. She was a good farmer and a successful mother. A policymaker, a human rights activist, the Queen and a leader who was very intelligent. Yaa Asantewaa is popular and famous for leading the Ashanti rebellion to defend the Golden Stool against British colonial rule. She advocated women’s liberation and …