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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

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  That time DuBois threatened to ‘cut off’ this woman if she didn’t send him a pic

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  How Nigeria under Buhari kidnapped an ex-minister in London and bundled him into a crate bound for Lagos

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  The untold story of how the daughter of a 12-year-old slave girl became a millionaire in the 1800s

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  How this former Black slave from Uruguay became aide-de-camp to revered Italian general Garibaldi

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  Meet O.W. Gurley, the founder of the first ‘Black Wall Street’

  Abu Mubarik
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  Long before Kanye West, Kim Kardashian’s first love was Michael Jackson’s nephew

  Mildred Europa Taylor

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  Meet the man described as the Bezos of Black Wall Street

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  Do you know that during Ali’s famed return to the ring, one of the world’s greatest heists took place?

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  Beulah Mae Donald and the 1981 lynching that bankrupted the KKK

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  Before Mariah Carey, Minnie Riperton hit those high notes first – but her career was tragically cut short

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  A look at how Princess Diana’s 1997 visit to Angola helped make the world a better place

  Mildred Europa Taylor
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  How Eritrea came to have its name

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