The African History Truly African
The Kanem-Bornu Empire (ca. 9th century- 1900) was a large African state that extended a …
Read More »Empire of Kanem-Bornu first in central Sudanic to acquire iron technology & horses
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Traditional Fulani hairstyles that existed for centuries
This tribe has a highly rich culture, and they know how to put up a …
Read More »Jolof Empire, one of the great ancient African Empires 1350 – 1549
The Jolof Empire, also known as the Wolof or Wollof Empire, was a West African …
Read More »Africa’s Sahara Desert is more times bigger than United States of America
Sahara Desert The Sahara is a desert on the African continent. With an area of …
Read More »Amina, the Warroir Queen of Zaria used to take lovers from towns she conquered
Amina, a 16th-century Hausa warrior-queen, is known to have captured lovers from the towns she …
Read More »Queen Nanny. A warrior queen raised from Ghana, liberated Jamaicans [1680 – 1730]
Historians have largely ignored Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons, focusing instead on male figures …
Read More »Ethiopia minted its own coins over 1,500 years ago
The Aksumite currency was created and used in the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum), which …
Read More »Ethiopia celebrates New Year in September. Seven to eight years behind rest of the world
Enkutatash is a public holiday in coincidence of New Year in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It …
Read More »The history of Queen Nyabinghi, Shamanic priestess of East Africa
Nyabinghi or Nyabingi was a queen in Rwandan, Ugandan, and Tanzanian history. Muhumuza was her …
Read More »Hatshepsut, Ancient Egyptian brave Queen Warroir who ruled as a Pharaoh in 1478 BC
Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second …
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