Ghana’s Independence Day is a national holiday observed every year. This day is an official state holiday for all Ghanaians, whether at home and abroad, to honor and celebrate the Ghanaian Heroes who led the country to freedom. Every year on March 6, Ghana celebrates its independence. Independence Day is also a commemoration of the day when Ghana declared independence from …

Man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo identified simply as Luwizo has tied the knot with triplets in a colorful ceremony. The 32-year-old got married to triplets, Nadege, Natacha, and Nathalie, in the ceremony held last month in Karehe, located in South Kivu, DR Congo. In an interview with Afrimax English, Luwizo said he met one of the triplets, …

Steel was produced in East Africa over 2000 years ago Since the invention of modern steel in 1847, we now discuss the Bessemer process for producing carbon steel. Carbon steel, on the other hand, had been produced much before Kelly or Bessemer. The Haya people used one of the oldest and most advanced ways. They are an African tribe living …

Much of what you think you know about African history is just incorrect. Until recently, the written history of Africa was heavily affected by nineteenth-century colonial narratives. These materials were undoubtedly twisted, portraying Africa as a backward region that was only changed by colonial overlords’ generosity (who simultaneously made a pretty penny out of plundering its natural resources). Through this …

Around 1770, Abla Pokou led her people from modern-day Ghana to the Ivory Coast, where she formed the Baoule nation. According to legend, she sacrificed her son to the river in order for her people to cross. Abla Pokou was born in the early eighteenth century. She was the niece of King Osei Tutu, the co-founder of Ghana’s Ashanti Empire. …

Hendrik Witbooi, also known as “!Nanseb Gaib Gabemab” (the snake in the grass), united his Nama people in what is now Namibia to fight a guerrilla struggle against German domination. Hendrik Witbooi was born in Pella, a province in the Northern Cape of South Africa that borders Namibia, circa 1830. Witbooi was descended from a long line of Witbooi Nama …

More than a thousand years before the foundations of Greece and Rome, proud and industrious Black men and women known as the Dravidian erected a powerful civilization in the Indus Valley. From those origins, African Kings in India drove the region’s commerce, culture, and belief systems. Dr. Clyde Winters, author of Afrocentrism: Myth or Science? writes: “Ethiopians have had very …

Originally born in the USA, Eugene had decided on his eleventh birthday that he would run away to France, where he could escape racial injustice. A boxer and talented jazz musician, he made his way to Europe and was given the French nickname “L’Hirondelle noire”, meaning Black Swallow. In 1914, when the WWI started, he served under France. Bullard received …

According to historians, he was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia three times. While in exile, the first occurred in 1960, the second in 1975, and the third in 1989. Amha Selassie was born Asfaw Wossen Tafari in Harar, Ethiopia, in August 1916, to Dejazmach Tafari Makonnen (later Emperor Haile Selassie) and his wife, Menen Asfaw. He is regarded as Ethiopia’s final …

Afro-Russians, often known as Black Russians, are people of African heritage who settled in Russia many years ago. The Metis Foundation estimates that there were about 50,000 Afro-Russians in 2009 Even after Western European colonization of the continent, there was never a noticeable population of people of African heritage in Russia. For centuries, Russia was too remote from Africa to …

Morrison, who performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy, was most famous as one of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids. As the oldest Our Gang cast-member Morrison earned $10,000 a year, making him the highest-paid Black actor in Hollywood. He made 28 episodes from 1922 to 1928 before he ditched Hollywood for New York’s vaudeville stages. He was featured …

Most of us use global positioning system (GPS) technology on a regular basis, whether it’s to add a location to a social media post or to ask our car’s navigation system to take us to our destination. We do it without giving a second thought to how or by whom GPS technology was invented. Of course, Albert Einstein is well-known, …

The hair of black women is frequently admired and appreciated. From the afro to braids, black hair’s texture extends itself to creating various styles. Even the mainstream media frequently imitates fashions invented for and catered to women with Afrocentric hair, often without acknowledgment. However, there was a time when black women couldn’t show their hair in public. Continue reading to …

The great-grandson of King Gbudue, Atoroba Peni Rikito Gbudue was installed as the Kingdom’s hirer on Gbudue day. February 9 [Gbudue Day] is a cultural day agreed upon to be celebrated yearly by the Azande of South Sudan, inside and in Diaspora to remember, honour and celebrate the life of King Gbudue. According to the Rift Valley Institute, Gbudue was …

The shortest war in history began (and ended) on 27 August 1896. The Anglo-Zanzibar War holds the dubious distinction of being the world’s shortest war, lasting only 38 minutes from the start of hostilities. When the Sultan of Zanzibar died unexpectedly, the British consul was caught off guard when the sultan’s nephew declared himself the new monarch. The consul reminded …