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Dinka resisted British colonization & defeated British troops with sharp spears in 1919 – 1920

In South Sudan in 1919 Dinka Aliab, inhabited an area west of the upper White Nile River. The tribesmen were tall and fit-looking cattle herders who were adept at using spears. Dinak Aliab knew nothing about western convention i.e wearing clothing or paying tax demands to the government. The shared governing authority in the Sudan by then was a joint …

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The Kru tribe, tough people that refused to be captured and taken away for slavery

The people of Kru are a tribe of West Africa from South-Eastern Liberia and the neighboring Côte D’ivoire. Kru migrated and settled in different parts of the West African coasts, in particular Sierra Leone, Freetown, Cameroon, and Nigeria. It is said that Kru people have historical relations with Nigeria’s Ijaws. The Kru tribe who made fishing and trading as their …

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Museum in China that put on an exhibit that compared Africans to animals

A photo series was displayed at the Hubei Provincial Museum to show the relationship between man and nature which was captured during a photographer and businessman’s visit to Africa during in the past decades. “This is Africa” exhibition included traditional elephant, cheetah and sunset shots around the savannah, but makes one significant misstep. A segment titled “One’s heart looks” shows …

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