Lillian Ngoyi
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, “Mma Ngoyi“, (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.[1][2][3][4] She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National…
Ivory Bangle Lady
The Ivory Bangle Lady is a skeleton found in Sycamore Terrace, York in 1901.[1] She was a high-status adult female, potentially of North African descent, who died in York in the 4th century AD.[2] Her skeleton was found with bracelets,…
Leymah Gbowee
Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 February 1972) is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s nonviolent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian…
Ota Benga
Ota Benga (c. 1883[2] – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at…
King Leopold II And The Congo Genocide
Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and…
Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey
Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (31 December 1895[1] – 25 July 1973) was a Jamaican-born journalist and activist. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey. She was one of the pioneering female Black…
Orania: White’s Only Town In South Africa
Orania (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʊəˈrɑːnia]) is an Afrikaner separatist town founded by Afrikaners in South Africa. It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province.[3] The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is 871…
University Of Al-Qarawiyyin
The University of al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴰⵕⴰⵡⵉⵢⵉⵏ; French: Université Al Quaraouiyine), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the…
Dutch Slave Coast
The Dutch Slave Coast (Dutch: Slavenkust) refers to the trading posts of the Dutch West India Company on the Slave Coast, which lie in contemporary Ghana, Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. The primary purpose of the trading post was to supply slaves for…