History

Amanitore (circa 50 CE) was a Nubian Kandake, or regnant queen, of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which was also known as Nubia in ancient writings. Candace and Kentake are two alternate spellings. Amanitore’s throne name is Merkare in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Many Kandakes are depicted as warrior-queens who commanded armies in battle. Although it is unclear whether Kandake Amanitore was …

King Jaja of Opobo was a merchant prince and the founder of the city-state of Opobo in an area which is now Nigeria’s Rivers state. Born in present-day Imo State’s Umuduruoha Amaigbo, he was sold as a slave in Bonny at the age of twelve by Obua Ajukwu of Oguta, who had come to Bonny to buy slaves. Jubo was …

His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassi I, the King of the Kings of Ethiopia, the Elected One of God was Ethiopia’s latter emperor, the conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the last emperor of the Solomonic Dynasty to rule Ethiopia until September 12, 1974. A child in the village of Eastern Ethiopia was born on July 23, 1892. He was …

Ngala are group of people found in Kinshasa, Congo. Some of them can be found in Central Africa, South Sudan, Cameroon and Northern Gabon. The Ngbele people are Bantu originating from Congo Kinshasa. Their direct neighbors include Ngbetu/Ngbeto (maNgbetu), Lika(maLika), Budu/Bodo(maBodo) and Ngoba/Boa(maNgboa). All belong to Ngala Bantu speaking groups. They use ‘ma’ when referring to a person or people. …

African countries used to send gifts to other countries. Generally, including a giraffe. Reason still unknown to us. Nubia sent one to the Persians in 619, Ethiopia sent one to Cairo in 1209, Kanem-Borno sent one to Tunis is 1246, and Kenya sent one to China in 1414. Imagine the challenges of packing and shipping a live giraffe 1500 years …

Sentinel Island, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island, is one of the Andaman Islands. It is home to the Sentinelites, who have defended their safe isolation from the outside world, mostly by force. The Sentinelese are commonly known as a tribe of the Stone Age, and historians believed they had been living in …

Pharaoh Ramesses II the great was a king of the 19th dynasty (1292-1190 BCE) of ancient Egypt 3000 years ago. In Egyptian history, his reign was the second longest, between 1279-13 BCE. As the greatest, most celebrated, and most dominant pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire, he is also honoured. It is said that he was called the “Great Ancestor” by …

Please note: before your read these facts we would like to bring to your attention that in anyway we are not preaching racism, hatespeech, or sharing fake news but a true story Africans were blindfold with organized charity that caused them millions of lives. Different European nations set out to mount their flags all over Africa after the Berlin conference …

Mnyazi wa Menza, also known as ‘Mekatilili Wa Menza or Makatilili born in 1860 was a Kenyan independence activist who led the Giriama people against the colonial administration of Kenya between 1912 and 1915. Mekatilili was born in 1860 in Bamba, Kilifi County, in the Mutsara wa Tsatsu region. In a family of five children, she was the only daughter. …

Many kids will play games or have fun outside with their friends at age 3, but not for King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who was already learning how to rule a kingdom of more than 2 million people at a very young age. Rukirabasaija Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, King Oyo, is the reigning Omukama of Toro, in Uganda. …