Harriet Tubman (c. 1820–1913) escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Who Was Harriet Tubman? Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to freedom in the North in 1849, becoming the Underground Railroad’s most renowned “conductor.” On this sophisticated hidden network of …

Africans are rejoicing over the invention of a gas cooker which does not use kerosene or gas by a 67-year-old man at a time when the price of gas has increased significantly. The man who goes by the name Hadi Usman demonstrated in a video how the product works. He appealed to the government to support in terms of patent …

Ruby Bridges born in 1954 was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist. Who Is Ruby Bridges? When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American child to attend a predominantly white Southern elementary school. Due to angry mobs, her mother …

“The Nilotic people of Eastern South Sudan, Western Ethiopia, and Northern Kenya inspired Avatar. The Nilotic people are the world’s tallest and darkest people.” Avatar (also known as James Cameron’s Avatar) is a 2009 American film directed by James Cameron. In the mid-twentieth century, mankind colonize Pandora, a lush livable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star …

Many people think, Washington, D.C., the U.S. headquarters. Originally designed by the white famous architects Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Andrew Ellicot finished the project in 1792 after the former left the building. U.S capital would not be the same if it wasn’t for Benjamin Banneker, the Black architect hired by George Washington, the first President of the United States, to design …

Henry “Box” Brown was born enslaved in Louisa County, Virginia in 1815. When he was 15, he was sent to Richmond to work in a tobacco factory. His life was filled with unrewarding drudgery, though he had it better than most of his enslaved peers. The loss of his freedom prevented him from living with his wife, Nancy, who was …

Rwanda has been ranked the world’s sixth safest country for solo travelers, as well as the safest country in Africa. Switzerland is the safest place in the world for solo travelers, according to the report. The only African country to make the top ten is Rwanda. According to a new survey, Rwanda is the sixth safest country in the world …

Under the leadership of Paul Kagame, Rwanda has built a reputation as one of the lead African countries working towards intra-continental co-operation and also the gradual neutralization of the artificial demarcations keeping Africans apart. This has reflected in their unity-specific policies, running through sectors such as, security, education, health, labour among other areas. In terms of trade and recruitment for …

Who was Marie Van Brittan? Marie Van Brittan Brown was an African American inventor. She created the first home security system with the help of her husband Albert Brown. The patent for her invention was registered with the name of “Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance “ in 1966 and was accepted in 1969. The security system created by Marie …

What happens when four gorgeous South Sudanese women gather to eat breakfast dressed monochromatically in white and are photographed? It creates a stir on social media and drives netizens crazy. These photos of four stunning South Sudanese beauties have driven netizens nuts. The photos shot by creative director and photographer, Isaac West who is into uplifting women of color has …

The term “migration” refers to “movement from one country, place, or locality to another.” Humans have been on the move ever since the first humans began to spread from Africa. Even today, at least 258 million people live outside of their country of origin, accounting for 3% of the world’s population. Migration, whether voluntary or forced, has significantly shaped our world. First …

The sense of smell, seeing and hearing in humans is more powerful than we think. Either you were an enemy or a friend, Africans would not fail to small, see or hear you from farer distance of over 3.5 miles away. African warriors could smell, see, and hear their opponents and animals up to 3.5 miles away. The fact that …

Bantu knots are a protective hairstyle in which the hair is repeatedly sectioned, twisted, and wrapped around the base to make a knot-like appearance stacked on top of one another. Bantu knots can be traced back to the Bantu speaking people, which started in Southern West Africa and moved out through Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa during the Bantu migration, …

The Kingdom of Mauretania was founded in the third century BC, approximately 225 BC. According to modern ethnic taxonomies, its inhabitants are of Berber descent, and it is today located in the western region of Algeria and Northern Morocco. Formation Mauretania was a kingdom ruled by the Mauri Peoples, who would go on to become famous in history. The Phoenicians …

Kerma, also known as Karmah, is a historically significant archaeological site. It is the old capital of Kerma, an ancient country located in the Dongola Reach (above the 3rd Cataract of the River Nile in Sudan). All of these legends date back over 5500 years. Kerma is one of the most important archaeological sites in ancient Nubia (ancient region in …