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Omar al Mukhtar: the Libyan Resistance Leader Who Was Hanged for Resisting Italian Rule

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The 39 Lashes Rule: How Slaveholders Punished Enslaved Africans Using Biblical Law

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Saint Joseph Slave Ship: The 1794 Shipwreck That Killed Hundreds of Enslaved Africans Off South Africa

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Thomas Jefferson: The U.S. President Who Fathered Children with an Enslaved African Woman

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Why Slaveholders Allowed Christianity but Banned Enslaved Africans from Reading the Bible

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The Hidden Cemeteries of Enslaved Africans Beneath American Cities

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Arthur Lewis: The First Black Person to Win a Nobel Prize in a Field Other Than Peace

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George William Gordon: The Former Slave Turned Jamaican Politician Executed for Being a Critic of British Colonial Rule in 1865

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James Gilliland: The American Preacher Dismissed from His Church for Condemning the Enslavement of Africans

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Rodolfo Graziani: The General Who Oversaw Mass Killings That Left Thousands Dead in Ethiopia During the Italian Occupation

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Richard Mentor Johnson: The US Senator Who Lost His Seat for Loving an Enslaved Woman

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Robert Lewis Dabney: The American Pastor Who Used the Bible to Defend Slavery From His Pulpit

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Kissi Kaba Keita: The African Chief Who Was Executed for Resisting French Rule

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How Jamaica’s Assembly Made It Illegal for Black People to Strike Whites Even in Self Defence in 1730

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Taytu Betul: The Ethiopian Empress Who Helped Crush Italy’s Colonial Ambitions

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Patty Cannon: The Serial Killer and Kidnapper Who Preyed on Free Black Families in 19th-Century America

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Demerara Rebellion (1823): The Peaceful Protest That Led to the Massacre of Hundreds of Enslaved Africans by British Forces

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Nduna Songea Mbano: The African Leader Executed and Beheaded for Resisting German Rule

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The Kissing Case: How Two Black Boys Were Jailed for Kissing a White Girl in 1958

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William Joseph Simmons: The Preacher Who Leveraged Christianity to Revive the Ku Klux Klan in 1915

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Mawu-Lisa: The Dual God Who Created the World According to the Fon People

In the spiritual beliefs of the Fon people of Dahomey (present-day Benin), the universe was created not by a...

History

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Why Slaveholders Allowed Christianity but Banned Enslaved Africans from Reading the Bible

During the era of slavery in the Americas, many slaveholders encouraged enslaved Africans to adopt Christianity. Missionaries and pastors often preached to enslaved communities...

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Top Worst Performing Currencies in Africa (2026)

According to bloomberg, African currencies faced significant challenges in 2026, with some experiencing alarming decline against the United States...