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Robert Wedderburn: The Preacher Who Attacked Slavery and Christianity and Was Jailed for His Views

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Mary Peake: The Teacher Who Started a School Under a Tree for Children of Former Slaves in 1861

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William Parker: The Escaped Slave Who Led an Armed Resistance Against Slave Catchers in Pennsylvania

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Rev. Jacob Gruber: The Preacher Arrested in 1818 for Calling Slavery a National Sin

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The Hola Massacre of 1959: How Anti-Colonial Detainees Were Beaten to Death in a British Detention Camp in Kenya

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Remembering Bowman Cook and John Morine, the Black Veterans Lynched in Jacksonville in 1919

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The Opelousas Massacre: How Hundreds of Black Americans Were Killed to Crush a Political Movement in 1868

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André Matsoua: The African Resistance Leader Who Died in a French Prison

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Partus Sequitur Ventrem: The 1662 Law That Made the Children of Enslaved African Women Enslaved by Birth

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Isaiah Nixon: The American Veteran Who Survived a War Abroad Only to Be Murdered for Voting at Home

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The Élisabethville Massacre: How Belgian Colonial Authorities Massacred Congolese Miners for Demanding a Wage Increase

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Emmett Till: The 14-Year-Old Boy Who Was Lynched for Whistling at a White Woman in 1955

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George Washington Williams: The Black American Who Exposed King Leopold II’s Reign of Terror in the Congo

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How Missionaries Helped Pave the Way for the Colonisation of Africa

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Aline Sitoé Diatta: The Young African Prophetess Who Resisted French Rule and Was Exiled to Timbuktu

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Henry Patterson: The Black Man Lynched for Asking a White Woman for a Drink of Water

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Samory Touré: The African King Who Resisted French Conquest for 17 Years Before His Capture and Exile

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Josiah Henson: The Slave Who Escaped to Canada and Founded a Settlement for Those Fleeing Slavery

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Moses Wilkinson: The Blind Preacher Who Escaped Slavery in America and Helped Build a Church in Africa

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George Boxley: The Abolitionist Whose Planned Slave Revolt Was Betrayed by an Enslaved Woman

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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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The Hola Massacre of 1959: How Anti-Colonial Detainees Were Beaten to Death in a British Detention Camp in Kenya

On 3 March 1959, eleven Kenyan detainees were beaten to death at Hola detention camp in eastern Kenya by guards working under the British...

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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...