History

The once-forbidden art of slaves defending themselves against their owners is now respected, cherished, and ingrained in Brazilian society. Capoeira is a self-defense and performance martial art that mainly emphasizes kicking and complicated movements from the realms of acrobatics and dance. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that integrates aspects of fighting, music, and dance from Central-West African, Brazilian, and …

Reconstruction of the beautiful face, Queen Tiye. Queen Tiye (also known as Tiy) was a queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, wife of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun Queen Tiye is known as the most powerful woman of her period in recorded history of Kemet, ancient Egypt. Tiye, also known …

Maggie Lena Walker was an African American businesswoman and civic activist who established and led the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, breaking traditional gender and discriminating restrictions. It was the United States’ oldest continuously African American–operated bank until 2010, when it was known as Consolidated Bank and Trust Company. Walker was also essential in creating a range of …

Mansa Musa I was born in Mali, West Africa in 1280, to Faga Laye (his father). In several different scripts, his name was documented as Kankou Musa, Kankan Musa, and Kanku Musa meaning “Musa whose mother was Kankou.” The wife of Mansa(King) Musa I was called Inari Kunate. Mansa Musa I was the 10th King of the Empire of Mali, …

5 May 1941 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, …

According to a DNA analysis of ancient human bones from KwaZulu-Natal, Southern Africa has a crucial role to play in writing the history of humanity. A study team from Uppsala University in Sweden, the Universities of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand in South Africa present their findings in the early online issue of Science on September 28th. The researchers analysed the …

Nnete Okorie-Egbe of Akwete was a Princess and revolutionary leader from Akwete. Nnete was the fearless leader of the 1929 women’s riot of Aba, protesting unfair taxation of women.  She was imprisoned by the British Colonial Administration for two years in Port Harcourt.  Later released to a hero’s welcome as the British Colonial Administration backed down and reversed itself, by …

Many people, including so-called Native Americans, think they were the first people in America. However, there is no proof that this is the case! According to David Imhotep, author of The First Americans Were Africans: Documented Evidence, there are 17 pieces of hard evidence that show that the first to arrive in the Americas were actually Black people… yes, Africans! …

The Siddi, also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, and Siddhi, are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group. Members are largely descended from Southeast African Bantu peoples. Merchants, sailors, indentured servants, slaves, and mercenaries were among them. The Siddi population is currently estimated to be over 850,000 people, with the main population centers in India being Karnataka, Gujarat, and Hyderabad, and …

According to recent research, climate change was a major factor in the demise of large creatures across Africa over the last several million years, contradicting the long-held view that our first weapon-wielding ancestors had a role. Archaeologists and paleontologists have yet to figure out when and why megafauna, such as enormous elephants and antlered giraffes, went extinct. The arrival of …