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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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  When Jamaican reggae star Jimmy Cliff was framed and thrown into jail in Nigeria

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  After winning historic desegregation case, Lloyd Gaines went missing and was never seen again

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  40 years after athlete Ron Settles was murdered in police custody, the fight for justice continues

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  Like Lot’s wife, this great Benin warrior was punished for looking back while fighting the British

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  Why this man has the original copy of MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech

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  63 yrs ago, this Cameroon freedom fighter was killed by the French and dragged through the streets

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  How Chad came to have its name

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  The resilient story of Lear Green, who escaped slavery in an old wooden sailor’s chest

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  This 1997 Zambian coup was so amateurish that it found no support [Watch]

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  The life and activism of the Grenadian-born mom of Malcolm X who was solid in her own right

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  Remembering the avoidable tunnel disaster in the U.S. that killed hundreds of Black workers

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  The first known Polish general of African descent who fought against Haiti

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