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  This Haitian explorer and entrepreneur is the founder and father of Chicago

  Bridget Boakye

  According to records, notably Blackheroes.com, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable was born in St. Marc, Santa Domingo (eastern Haiti) in 1745, settled in Chicago on this day – June 6th, 1750. Although...

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  How the King of Buganda massacred 45 Ugandan Christian martyrs in 1886

  Bridget Boakye

  On June 3rd of every year, Uganda commemorates Martyrs’ Day at the Namugongo Shrine. The occasion honors some 45 men who were killed by King Mwanga ll of Buganda, within modern-day Uganda. Mwanga...

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  The story behind the only African country formed by merger of two states

  Bridget Boakye

  Tanzania was established on 26 April 1964 as a result of the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The name of the African country was created as a clipped compound of the names of the two states.Tanzania,...

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  The little-known history of Angola’s independence war that ended after coup in Portugal

  Bridget Boakye

  The Angolan War of Independence between various Angolan factions and the Portuguese which began on 4 February 1961 ended on this day, April 25th, in 1974. The Portuguese, who arrived in present-day Angola...

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  Jamaica’s Trelawny Yam Festival, a major tourist attraction on Easter Monday

  Bridget Boakye

  Celebrated Easter Monday, the Trelawny Yam Festival attracts thousands of Jamaicans and visitors each year. The Trelawny Yam Festival started in 1997 as a way to fundraise to support the local community....

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  Meet the 29-year-old African lawyer who made history with Ghana’s first wholly owned oil and gas company 

  Bridget Boakye

  Women’s participation in the workforce is a huge concern for development. The topic ignites passionate conversation during women’s history month each year. In the oil and gas industry, the...

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