Did you know that; Almost half of the gold ever mined on Earth has come from a single place
In 1886, after years of rumors, legends, and smaller discoveries, it was definitively established that there was a huge, rich deposit of...
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KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 30, 20203 min read
Abebe Bikila; The First African to win Gold in an Olympic Games, running the whole race Barefoot
Ethiopian track and field athlete, Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), was the first black African to win an Olympic medal, and the first man ever...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 29, 20202 min read
KOFI ANNAN; The First Black Secretary of the United Nations
Kofi Annan joined the United Nations in 1962 when he went to work for the World Health Organization (WHO) as a budget officer. After a...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 28, 20201 min read
AFRICA AND CHOCOLATE
Cocoa, a native to the Americas, was a valuable crop in the earliest South American cultures. The term cocoa originated from the Nahuatl...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 18, 20202 min read
THE GOLDEN STOOL of the Ashanti nation
The Golden Stool (full title, Sika Dwa Kofi) has been the symbol of power in the Ashanti Kingdom since the 17th century. According to...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 17, 20202 min read
SHAKA ZULU; founder of Southern Africa's Zulu Empire
Shaka Zulu established the Zulu Empire and revolutionized warfare in Southern Africa in the early 19th Century. Shaka was born in 1787....
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 16, 20202 min read
YITYISH “TITI” AYNAW; the first Ethiopian Jew and black Israeli to win Miss Israel Contest
Yityish “Titi” Aynaw was crowned Miss Israel on February 27, 2013. She made history when she became the first Miss Israel of African...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 15, 20202 min read
YAA ASANTEWAA; a politician, human right activist, queen and a leader
Yaa Asantewaa was an influential Ashanti queen at the beginning of the twentieth century who remains a powerful symbol today. Her...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 11, 20202 min read
The Ancient Kano City Walls
The Ancient City Walls of Kano. Described, at a time, as "the most impressive monument in West Africa," the Ancient Kano City Walls were...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 10, 20202 min read
QUEEN NZINGA MBANDE;a powerful 17th-century female African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms.
Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande), the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and their...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 9, 20202 min read
DENIS MUKWEGE; Nobel Peace laureate from East Congo
Dr. Denis Mukwege is a Nobel Prize-winning gynecologist, human rights activist, and Pentecostal pastor from the Democratic Republic of...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 8, 20202 min read
WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI; first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Sixty-four-year-old Wangari Maathai, the most prominent environmental activist in Africa, was the 2004 recipient of the Alfred Nobel...
KOLAWOLE ADEDIRE
Dec 7, 20203 min read
Didier Drogba (The Peacemaker)
Didier Drogba (The Peacemaker) brokered the cease-fire in his home country of Ivory Coast that brought a five-year civil war to an end In...
Pods Naija
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Albert John Luthuli; The First African to win a Nobel Prize
Albert John Luthuli, in full Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Luthuli also spelled Lutuli, (born 1898, near Bulawayo, Rhodesia [now in...
Pods Naija
Nov 25, 20202 min read
THE FELA YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW (father of modern Nigerian art music)
Musician, composer, professor, and conductor Fela Sowande was born May 1905 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. He was the son of Emmanuel Sowande,...
Pods Naija
Nov 24, 20201 min read
The city of Carthage; The Golden African Hub
Best known as ancient Rome’s rival in the Punic Wars, Carthage was a North African commercial hub that flourished for over 500 years. The...
Pods Naija
Nov 23, 20201 min read
2020; MY TAKE.
This year started on a very not-so-good note; then came COVID-19 and all its baggage, some personal in-betweens, and the ENDSARS protest,...
Bidemi Adedire
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Wives Stealing in your backyard!
Imagine wanting to be with the love of your life and boom, someone steals her and gets away with it. The Wodaabe wife stealing festival...
Pods Naija
Nov 18, 20204 min read
The first female major-general in the Nigerian Army
Aderonke Kale, a medical doctor, is a pioneer in a field which, from time immemorial, has been traditionally reserved for men all over...
Bidemi Adedire
Nov 18, 20202 min read
FGM in the COVID-19 era
Do you know that the COVID19 pandemic has increased the risk of gender-based violence in the world, particularly in African countries...
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