Oware                         OwareI was first introduced to the popular ‘two-player abstract’ strategy game called ‘Oware’ by a good Cape Verdean friend of mine. He told me about the cultural significance of the game in ‘Cape...

The Golden Age of TimbuktuThe city of Timbuktu began as a nomadic outpost that grew into a permanent settlement [around the 12th century]. With beneficial trade routes, the city quickly flourished into the cultural hub and center of learning that mystified the world.   The city has...

@nowhitesaviorsA while ago I discovered the Ugandan based force of nature that is 'No White Saviors'. Three women, operating from Africa for Africans, redefining the positive impact that social media can have. NWS is actively challenging the ideologies and institutions that have presented themselves as...

The Keita DynastyThe Keita Dynasty was a Muslim Dynasty that ruled pre-imperial and imperial Mali [West-Africa], roughly around the 12th century. The Keitas first ruled as Faamas [Kings] of the Mali region, and later as Mansas [Emperors] of the Mali Empire [12th - 13th century]....

The Freedom Fighters of SurinamSurinam has known a number of freedom fighters that posed a serious threat to the European colonialist and their slave trade. The Maroons that were able to successfully escape the plantations, did the improbable and organized themselves into settlements within the...

The Songhai Empire  During the West-African golden age [14th - 15th century] the Songhai Empire emerged, from the skeleton of the Mali Empire, to dominate the western region of the continent.    During the gradual decline of the Mali Empire [ca. 1230 - 1670], the ruling elite of...

Le Congo Je kon het niet laten Hoe moesten zij hun tranen vegen? Jouw daden worden in het heden verzwegen De overval was een jackpot Brute Belg Ik walg van jouw hebzucht Leopold werkelijk waar Een roofdier Barbaar Mensen verminken Congo wit willen sminken met zwart bloed De Afrikaan is geen vastgoed of object Jouw zieke geest dacht...

    Zwart lichtDrie pilarenDie al jaren de fundering van de waarheid dragenZe brengen licht in het donkerMet bars boven barsWoordenwonderEducatiefDaadwerkelijk daadkrachtigMannen van de woordenMannen van hun woordZorg dat jij de waarheid hoort Schenk ze een oorAls jij durftWat is waar en wat is echt?Wat is gelogen en...

The fall and Rise of RwandaThe Republic of Rwanda is a [small] country in eastern-Africa, bordering Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.The region spent a while under different western rulers, who exhorted the rich environment at the cost of the Rwandan natives. The Belgian colonialists were...

Prolific ThinkersMalcolm X [Malik El-Shabazz] and Doctor King [Martin Luther King Jr.] were prominent leaders of the civil rights movement in America. Both serving within the same ecosystem of social justice. But how they wanted to achieve that social justice often marked them on opposite...

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