As dozens of African Americans gather at the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, Virginia, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship of enslaved Africans to English North America in 1619, some 250 African Americans also gathered across the Atlantic Ocean in Ghana where the first ship left Africa. At an emotionalContinue reading “Africa’s largest ancestry DNA reveal takes place in Ghana as 250 Americans retrace a 400-year slave route”
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America was truly founded in 1619 when African slaves first landed in Virginia – NYT
In commemorating 400 years since over 20 enslaved Africans first landed near Point Comfort in the British Colony of Virginia in August 1619, the New York Times has launched The 1619 Project to highlight slavery and the contributions of black people in America’s founding. “It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding,Continue reading “America was truly founded in 1619 when African slaves first landed in Virginia – NYT”
Meet the first black priest and ex-slave from the U.S. who is on the path to becoming America’s first black saint
Out of about a dozen Saints from the United States, none of them is black and that could change in a few years as the pope has placed the first African-American priest and a former slave on the path to sainthood. Father Augustine Tolton is one of five African American Catholics who are the focus ofContinue reading “Meet the first black priest and ex-slave from the U.S. who is on the path to becoming America’s first black saint”
Biafra declared its short-lived independence from Nigeria on this day in 1967
It was all celebration and joy on May 30, 1967, when the leader of the Republic of Biafra secessionist state, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declared independence of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria. The South Eastern Region’s military governor made the announcement following a vote to secede from Nigeria after failed reconciliation over killingsContinue reading “Biafra declared its short-lived independence from Nigeria on this day in 1967”
The day Africa almost became a united state
The dream of a united Africa started way before the formulation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 following an intervention by the King of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I in Addis Ababa. In the early 1960s, when independence was sweeping throughout the colonized continent, liberation fighters and independence heroes were loosely speaking aboutContinue reading “The day Africa almost became a united state”
Ismail Akwei 