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May 9, 2021 at 7:08 am

The 16th century Hausa warrior-queen Amina was said to take lovers from towns she conquered

Nii Ntreh

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  Coins used by African nations before colonialism and post-independence

  Stephen Nartey
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  The history behind Ghana’s KIA adjudged best airport in Africa by size and region

  Deborah Dzifa Makafui
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  Fascinating facts about Andrianampoinimerina, the 18th-century Madagascar king with island’s longest name

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  The Black Jews of Ghana who discovered their roots through a vision

  Stephen Nartey
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  Overlooked no longer: The patrolman who saved Martin Luther King’s life in 1958

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  How the Awori people followed a floating mud plate to their present location in Lagos State in Nigeria

  Stephen Nartey

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  Three flags of African empires that existed before colonialism

  Stephen Nartey
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  How Florida’s 1st Black dentist became ‘father’ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlawed segregation

  Emmanuel Kwarteng
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  Capoeira, the martial art of enslaved Africans in Brazil that threatened white supremacy in 1700s

  Stephen Nartey
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  When soul legend Nina Simone danced nude in a disco in Liberia

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  The final bath to the door of no return, the preparation of slaves

  Vanessa Calys-Tagoe
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  Before Madam C.J. Walker became a haircare millionaire, there was this forgotten woman

  Mildred Europa Taylor

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