Lydia Kiros 6 days ago 4 min Meet Africa’s “Che Guevara” Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara, known as Africa’s Che Guevara, was Burkina Faso’s revolutionary anti-imperialist leader. A staunch opponent of corruption...
Rediet Tadele Nov 10 4 min Tracing History Through Music and Dance: Focusing on Cuban Rumba and Champeta A woman holds the ends of her skirt, coyly twirling away from the man dancing opposite her. The couple is dancing Rumba, more specificall...
Lydia Kiros Nov 9 5 min Maurice Bishop and the Grenadian Revolution The Grenada Revolution was seen as the doorway into a future rid of the subjugation, oppression, and backwardness of the past. It was a c...
Rediet Tadele Nov 3 3 min MME Abomah, The African Giantess Who Was Dubbed as the Tallest Lady in the 1800's Her dress flows to the ground, its intricate white lace design drawing your eyes in. There is a hint of a smile on her face as she rests ...
Lydia Kiros Nov 3 5 min A Look Into the History of Exploitative Mining in the DRC When you wake up the first thing you’re probably reaching for is your phone. You may use it to check social media or maybe catch up on em...
Rediet Tadele Oct 26 4 min Tracing History Through Food I have always found it fascinating the way recipes and food have been passed down through generations, and for some, they have stayed the...
Rediet Tadele Oct 26 4 min Fela Kuti: The Father of Afrobeat Identifiable by its bold jazz and funk rhythms, instrumental solos, and highlife music, Afro Beat laid the foundation for what would beco...
Lydia Kiros Oct 20 4 min So Who Exactly Founded Liberia, and Why? When you think of which country was never colonized in Africa, you probably think of Ethiopia. However, Liberia is also known to be the W...
Lydia Kiros Oct 13 4 min The Story of the Nigeria-Born Man Who Fought Against Nazi Germany In 1939, Poland’s capital Warsaw was a modern, bustling, cosmopolitan city with a population over one million, until it was brutally poun...
Rediet Tadele Oct 12 3 min Edmond Albius: The Boy Who Shook Up The Vanilla Industry Have you recently eaten a Vanilla Wafer? Or do you have tubs of Vanilla ice cream waiting for you in the freezer? Well, you have Edmond A...
