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How the world forgot this princess from Benin and cited Cudjo Lewis as the last slave ship survivor
The story of Redoshi, although discovered and documented as far back as 1927 by celebrated African-American anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston and rewritten by several other historians up until the late...
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The disturbing story of the ‘Silent Twins’ from Barbados who caused a horrific stir in the UK
June and Jennifer Gibbons are remembered as the silent twins for their peculiar character that later caused a lot of damage to a few lives in the UK including theirs. To date, their story remains a bizarre...
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Abandoned by her mother who moved to Liberia, this African American became the world’s best singer in the 1800s
Her recognition as a prolific singer by the white community at the time when several blacks were still suffering under the weight of slavery, made her the first African-American woman to become a successful...
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Lupita Nyong’o is Hollywood’s latest author as she debuts children’s book
If you thought Lupita Nyong’o was only fit for blockbuster movies, red carpets and memorable speeches at award events, the queen of epic movies has proven you wrong. The Us and Black Panther movie...
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Zawditu, Ethiopia’s only female monarch who helped abolish slavery in 1923
On September 27, 1916, Zawditu became the Empress of Ethiopia and was given the title the King of Queens. This marked a great significance in the history of the Ethiopian Empire as well as African history...
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King Bayano, the Mandinka king who escaped slavery in the 1600s and fought off the Spanish for several years
It is recorded that the first set of slaves arrived in the Americas in the 17th century specifically 1619 when 19 Africans were brought to James Town, the British establishment in Virginia, by Dutch travellers...
