Bessie Coleman enrolled in a prominent flight school in France after discovering that no one in the United States would train her, and she went on to become a daredevil stunt flyer well-known across the world. Bessie Coleman received her pilot’s license in 1921, making her the nation’s first Black woman pilot to be licensed. But Coleman’s trip to the …
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Keagborekuzi I, the Nigerian man who became the world’s youngest monarch at age two
At age two, most kids would be playing games or having fun with other kids, but Benjamin Ikenchukwu Keagborekuzi I wasn’t one of them. He had been crowned king or Dein of the Agbor Kingdom, a traditional Nigerian state in Delta State, Nigeria, at that young age. Keagborekuzi I, who was born on June 29, 1977, also established a record …
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Due to its stunning 5-star hotels and resorts, gorgeous beaches, and popularity among tourists, Cape Verde is one of the most traveled nations in Africa. Songs, proverbs, common notions, superstitions, and other oral traditions are also well known in the nation. The Batuku song and dance is a well-known oral tradition today. Despite the fact that men might be seen …
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