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Iyoba Idia, the ancient Benin queen mother whose face inspired famous masks
The Benin Kingdom of old is not related to the Republic of Benin even if some of the peoples in the modern sovereign state are descendants of the Benin people who flourished between the 11th and 16th centuries...
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Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’ with a drop of human blood sparks wide controversy
Lil Nas X irked many from a Republican governor to conservative commentators and Christian preachers to even global sportswear giant Nike, after the rapper announced that he is the face of a brand of shoes...
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Revealed: France’s role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994
A report compiled by a group of French historians commissioned by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has concluded that the country’s role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda was that it turned...
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How Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea came to have their names
The name “Guinea” repeats itself in what we call four different countries on the face of the earth. There is an explanation for that and it will not surprise many to find out that this explanation...
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A history of the Suez Canal and how it impacts you
The Suez Canal Authority has said a number of boats are working around the clock to free the Ever Given vessel that has been logged into the grounds guiding the waterway therefore passage of other ships...
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This Georgia legislator was arrested as governor signed election laws ‘targeting Black people’
What has been widely interpreted as unfair election laws aimed at hurting the Black vote in the state of Georgia have now been promulgated despite the protestations of Democrats and election experts in...
