Month: December 2022

Umkhosi Wokweshwama

Umkhosi Wokweshwama [um̩kʰoːsi woɠʷeʃʷaːma] (“first fruits festival”), recently also known as Umkhosi Woselwa [um̩kʰoːsi woseːlʷa] (“calabash festival”), is the annual harvest festival of the Zulu people, observed around the December solstice. It takes place at the Enyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal,…

100 Great African Americans

  Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) Hank Aaron (1934-2021) Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) Richard Allen (1760–1831) Marian Anderson (1897–1993) Maya Angelou (1928–2014) Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) Crispus Attucks (1723–1770) James Baldwin (1924–1987) Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) Amiri Baraka (1934–2014) Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) Guion Bluford (born…