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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette of “a knight standing on a reel of film grasping a crusader’s sword,” according to The Academy. Five spokes appear on the film reel, one for each of The Academy’s five original branches: actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers. While Gibbons’ original design changed throughout the course of the year, the sword …

The name Africa is a phenomenon. Home to 1.216 billion people, the world’s second-largest population and 2nd largest continent after Asia. Below we have highlighted ten things that first appeared or invented by Africans but history chose to forget. 1. Africa was called Alkebulan (mother of mankind). Before today’s name ‘Africa’, our continent was called with different names by our …

Nyanaleth Majok ( in African dress ) says she had a good dating period with her boyfriend Mayen Deng Lueth who was deaf and one of the great wrestlers in South Sudan, they both had planned to get married. But unfortunately, death robed her boyfriend Mayen when someone for unknown reason murdered him. Some relatives say, Mayen’s killer has been …

King Hannibal was a Carthaginian army General Commander – in – Chief born in 247 BC in Carthage(today Tunisia). During the First Punic War between 264 and 241 BC his father, Hamilcar Barca, was a prominent Carthaginian Leader. King Hannibal is one of the greatest military leaders and greatest tactician commander in history of the world. When King Hannibal was …

Ghana’s Independence Day is a national holiday observed every year. This day is an official state holiday for all Ghanaians, whether at home and abroad, to honor and celebrate the Ghanaian Heroes who led the country to freedom. Every year on March 6, Ghana celebrates its independence. Independence Day is also a commemoration of the day when Ghana declared independence from …

Steel was produced in East Africa over 2000 years ago Since the invention of modern steel in 1847, we now discuss the Bessemer process for producing carbon steel. Carbon steel, on the other hand, had been produced much before Kelly or Bessemer. The Haya people used one of the oldest and most advanced ways. They are an African tribe living …

Much of what you think you know about African history is just incorrect. Until recently, the written history of Africa was heavily affected by nineteenth-century colonial narratives. These materials were undoubtedly twisted, portraying Africa as a backward region that was only changed by colonial overlords’ generosity (who simultaneously made a pretty penny out of plundering its natural resources). Through this …

Around 1770, Abla Pokou led her people from modern-day Ghana to the Ivory Coast, where she formed the Baoule nation. According to legend, she sacrificed her son to the river in order for her people to cross. Abla Pokou was born in the early eighteenth century. She was the niece of King Osei Tutu, the co-founder of Ghana’s Ashanti Empire. …

The great-grandson of King Gbudue, Atoroba Peni Rikito Gbudue was installed as the Kingdom’s hirer on Gbudue day. February 9 [Gbudue Day] is a cultural day agreed upon to be celebrated yearly by the Azande of South Sudan, inside and in Diaspora to remember, honour and celebrate the life of King Gbudue. According to the Rift Valley Institute, Gbudue was …

The shortest war in history began (and ended) on 27 August 1896. The Anglo-Zanzibar War holds the dubious distinction of being the world’s shortest war, lasting only 38 minutes from the start of hostilities. When the Sultan of Zanzibar died unexpectedly, the British consul was caught off guard when the sultan’s nephew declared himself the new monarch. The consul reminded …