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The Encyclopedia Africana: The knowledge project that threatened the world
The Encyclopedia Africana was a direct threat to how the modern world learned, taught, and profited from African history. Conceived as a definitive, African-led archive of global Black civilization, it aimed to correct centuries of distortion that painted Africa as ahistorical, peripheral, and dependent. Backed by Kwame Nkrumah and entrusted to W.E.B. Du Bois in…
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How Singapore overtook Ghana to become a global economic powerhouse
Singapore has demonstrated the power of strategic planning and stability. The country’s...
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Is Julius Nyerere Africa’s most important personality in human history?
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has declared Tanzania’s founding father Mwalimu...
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Ghanaian Leader Kwame Nkrumah Died On This Day In 1972
Kwame Nkrumah (pictured) emerged as the leading figure in helping Ghana gain independence...
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Pan-Africanist, Activist Remembers Guyanese Support of Angola
I was lucky that there were people I know from the Caribbean in Ghana. They knew almost everyone, including exiles from the U.S.A. and from various African countries. Neville Dawes, a lecturer in English...
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From Slavery to Lumumba to Mandela, Pan Africanism Has Been Integral to Our Freedom
“Being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.” – Steve Biko “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves...
