Mr Madu

Religion

Woyengi, the Creator Goddess of the Ijaw People of Nigeria

Mr Madu - May 15, 2022

Woyengi is the creator goddess of the Ijo people of Nigeria. She is also known as the goddess of fate in certain depictions.

History

Shark Island Concentration Camp: How Germany Ran the World’s First Death Camp in Namibia

Mr Madu - March 25, 2022

Shark Island or "Death Island" was one of five concentration camps in German South West Africa. It was located on Shark Island off Lüderitz, in the far south-west of the territory which today is Namibia.

Entertainment

Chief Amodu Tijani: This Yoruba Chief Took Britain to Court in 1921 for Stealing His Land and Won a Huge Compensation

Mr Madu - March 8, 2022

Chief Amodu Tijani Oluwa, also known as simply Amodu Tijani, was a Nigerian traditional chief who cane to prominence in the high colonial period, when he took the British colonial government to court in 1921 for appropriating his land in Apapa.

History

Ayuba Suleiman: on His Way to Sell His Slaves, This African Royal Was Abducted and Sold Into Slavery in 1730

Mr Madu - December 16, 2021

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from West Africa who was kidnapped by the Mandinkas and shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade.

Health

Best Universities to Study Medicine in Nigeria

Mr Madu - December 8, 2021

According to Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of universities for 2022, University of Ibadan is the best University to study medicine in Nigeria.

History

Charles Sumner, the US Senator Who Was Almost Killed for Speaking Against Slavery

Mr Madu - November 27, 2021

The Beating of Charles Sumner, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Preston Brooks, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner.

Society & Culture

Breast Ironing: the Harmful Practice of Flattening the Breasts of Young Girls to Hide Puberty

Mr Madu - November 13, 2021

Breast ironing, a traditional practice commonly done in Cameroon, is the process whereby young pubescent girls breasts are ironed, massaged or pounded down through the use of hard or heated objects and then bound with a constrictive material in...

Africa Ranking