Aminata Diallo, an 11-year-old child, is taken from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle � a string of slaves. Eventually, she arrives in South Carolina where she begins a new life as a slave. Years later, she finds freedom, serving the British in the ...

Americ'a's Black History tends to recognise Sports men favourably.  Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 October 24, 1972) was the first African American Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to openly ...

This queen of Zazzua, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533 during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. She was probably his granddaughter. Zazzua was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west. Zaria's wealth ...

Tom Molineaux was an American boxer who settled in Britain after seeking and winning the World Boxing Title. When Tom Molineaux reached the shores of England in 1809, He came to claim the world boxing title. Presumably Molineaux had partaken in his share of matches prior to his rise as Boxer in Great Britain. However, there ...

Arthur Wharton was the world's first Black Professional Footballer.Arthur was born to parents who were both mixed race. His father was half Grenadian and half Scottish, and his mother was half Scottish + half Fante Royal of the stool family of Ekumfie. He was also the World Record Holder for the 100 yard dash. Pictured here ...

  Sharpe was Possibly the Most Prominent of the Abolitionists and today, is certainly the most celebrated.? Sharp wrote numerous articles about slavery, religious history and now and then turned his hand to Social theory. He was born in Durham on 10 November 1735 and was one of eight children. He was sent to London to become ...

The term cultural shock is very real. A split second of brain overload, a sense of loss coupled with confusion. Like the day I woke sweating and feeling dehydrated. This led me to my newly acquired Tosiba fridge. It was only when i opened it i became conscious of my being in Africa. There was ...

In my last piece entitled "For the love of Ghana" i pointed out how diasporians are like a "mirror" for Africa. They being outside of Africa and holding kinship to her are in a special position. What is apparent to the Diasporian by life's experiences hold keys to Africa's rise. Africans around the world are in ...

Driving In Ghana I remember taking my last taxi to Tema before picking up my new second hand car that came off a ship from Germany. It felt good that i was finally avoiding bartering with the greedy taxi drivers who when seeing a foreigner would double their fare. You see the taxi driver is ...

What is unique about slavery in the Atlantic world is both its magnitude (a very large number of slaves) and its modernity (slavery occurred in the very recent past).? ...

The second scramble for Africa starts By Julio Godoy Updated May 5, 2009 - 3:45:49 PM The second scramble for Africa starts BERLIN (IPS) - Sub-Saharan African countries have of late become the target of a new form of investment that is strongly reminiscent of colonialism: investors from both industrialized and emerging economies buy or lease large tracts of ...

There was no surprise for what proved to be a resounding victory for Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC). Zuma is the come back kid of all time; the man who against all odds came back from political abyss. In 2005 he was sacked as deputy leader of the ANC by then ...