At the height of Ancient Egypt, its bustling capital was Thebes, 419 miles south of Cairo where the modern settlement of Luxor now stands. Known to the Egyptians as Wase (‘City of the Sceptre’) or Nowe (‘City of Amon [an important god]’), Thebes was founded around 4,000 BC. Long-associated with royalty, Thebes blossomed into a sprawling metropolis during the Eleventh …

The main actor of the famous 1980 movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy” was paid just $300, though the movie made over $60 million, as it often appears online. Yes, it’s a reality, surprisingly the film became that year’s top-large foreign film and actor N!Xau Toma won international superstar status from it. N!Xau Toma was born in the Tsumkwe region …

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo is best remembered for his memoirs as a Muslim, who in colonial America had to suffer the Atlantic slave trade and enslavement. In 1734 Thomas Bluett published his personal history with several Accounts of the Life of Job. Till now, they serve in eighteenth-century America as one of the few primary sources of Atlantic slave trade and …