It was with style and honor that Tara Wright, the captain of Flight 361 from San Francisco to Portland introduced herself and first officer Mallory Cave to passengers as the first black women to fly a plane in Alaska Airlines’ history. The Boeing 737 took off on Mother’s Day after applause from passengers following CaptainContinue reading “Two black female pilots fly Alaska Airlines plane for the first time in 86 years”
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The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which changed the status of over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the South from slave to free, did not emancipate some hundreds who were slaves through to the 1960s. This was revealed by historian and genealogist Antoinette Harrell who unearthed shocking stories of slaves in Southern states like Louisiana,Continue reading “The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended”
Ghana and Kenya lead the way in signing Africa’s landmark free trade agreement
Ghana and Kenya have made history as the first countries out of the 44 states to ratify the Continental Free Trade Area agreement which was signed in the Rwandan capital Kigali in March. The two countries submitted their instruments of ratification to the African Union on Thursday ahead of the 180 days deadline for the landmarkContinue reading “Ghana and Kenya lead the way in signing Africa’s landmark free trade agreement”
The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France
The French-speaking West African nation of Togo was pivotal during the transatlantic slave trade as Portuguese slave traders sought the human merchandise at the small fort of Porto Seguro, in the town currently known as Agbodrafo and lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Togo. During the infamous Scramble for Africa in 1884, Germany tookContinue reading “The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France”
This unappreciated Senegalese soldier helped France secure Congo in 1880
The world knows little about Sergeant Malamine Camara, a soldier in the French colonial army who was key in securing the Congo Basin (present-day Congo Brazzaville) for France against Belgian invasion. Little is known about the birth and ethnicity of the young Senegalese soldier, but was believed to have been born in the 1850s toContinue reading “This unappreciated Senegalese soldier helped France secure Congo in 1880”
Ismail Akwei 