On March 1, 1896, the Ethiopian army under the leadership of one of Africa’s illustrious wartime heroes, chief strategists Emperor Menilek II dealt Italy with a decisive defeat.  Italy’s crushing defeat sent their colonial ambitions back 100 years and stopped their advancement into the African territory. This was a victory for the ages and today it’s being studied in military …

Ancient Egyptian writing formed somewhere before the Early Dynastic Period. The idea of the written word was first created in Mesopotamia and spread through trade into Egypt, according to some scholars. Although there was probably cross-cultural contact between the two regions, Egyptian hieroglyphics are entirely of Egyptian origin; there is no evidence of early writings documenting non-Egyptian ideas, locations, or …

There are more than 300 tribes in Nigeria and among them are three which are often referred to as the major ones, and these three are the Hausa people, the Igbo people, and the Yorubas. The Igbo Tribe Located in southeastern Nigeria, the people of Igboland (also referred to as the Igbos), are one of the most highly populated groups in …