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Meet Liberia’s only neurosurgeon, Alvin Nah-Doe
The only neurosurgeon in the whole of Liberia is 38-year-old Alvin Nah-Doe serving approximately five million people. Nah-Doe is the only person qualified to carry out surgery on the brain in the country....
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Amelia Robinson, left to die on ‘Bloody Sunday’ in the struggle for equal rights
“Only until all human beings begin to recognize themselves as human beings will prejudice be gone forever. People ask me what race I am, but there is no such thing as race. I just answer: “I’m...
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These are Africa’s most powerful women
For the first time, Forbes has compiled a Pan-African list of the continent’s most powerful women, derived from business, politics, media, science, sports, and public life. These women, according...
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What you need to know about Egypt’s newly opened oldest pyramid
Egypt has reopened its oldest pyramid – Djoser – which is reportedly the world’s oldest monumental stone building to the public. Back in 2006, the Egyptian government embarked on a project...
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Georgia Ann Robinson: LAPD’s first black policewoman
Georgia Ann Hill Robinson was the first black female police officer to work at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). She was appointed an officer in 1919. Robinson was born Georgia Ann Hill in Opelousas,...
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Why this Iowan architect is documenting every slave house still standing
Jobie Hill, an Iowan architect specializing in historic preservation has been documenting every slave house still standing in the U.S. It all started in 2012 after Hill visited the historic Mount Zion...
