Mr Madu
History
Titina Silá: The Freedom Fighter Murdered by Portugal for Championing Guinea Bissau’s Liberation
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Titina Silá was born into a world shaped by colonial rule, where the people of Guinea-Bissau were subjected to the exploitative practices of Portuguese imperialism. The oppressive environment she grew up in later became a catalyst for her activism....
History
Kpana Lewis: The African Chief Exiled to Ghana for Resisting British Colonialism
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Kpana Lewis was a Sherbro chief from Sierra Leone and a vocal opponent of colonial rule of the British who was exiled to Ghana for resisting colonialism.
Kpana Lewis was born in 1830 on Sherbro Island in the Southern Province...
History
Remembering Bruce Boynton: the Activist Who Was Arrested and Jailed for Ordering Burger at a Whites Only Restaurant
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Boynton's simple act of ordering a cheeseburger in a whites-only restaurant sparked a legal battle that led to significant changes in the country's discriminatory practices.
History
Matilda McCrear – The Story of the Last Surviving Victim of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United States
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Matilda McCrear is a yoruba woman who is known as the last known living survivor in the United States of the transatlantic slave trade and the ship Clotilda.
Born around 1857 in the Yoruba region of present-day southwestern Nigeria, McCrear,...
History
Andrew Zondo: The Freedom Fighter Who Was Executed for Resisting Apartheid in South Africa
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Andrew Zondo, was a courageous freedom fighter, whose life was marked by a fierce determination to resist the oppressive apartheid regime that sought to perpetuate racial segregation and discrimination.
Born around 1966 or 1967 in KwaMashu, a township near Durban,...
Africa Ranking
Top Worst Performing Currencies in Africa (2023)
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According to bloomberg, African currencies faced significant challenges in 2024, with some experiencing alarming decline against the United States dollar. Among the top worst performing currencies in Africa, the Nigerian Naira takes the lead, undergoing a staggering 55% decline...
People & Politics
List of West African Countries and their Presidents (2024)
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This is a list of West African countries and their presidents in the year 2024.
West African Presidents and their Presidents
Below are the presidents of the various countries located in the west African sub region of Africa.
Benin – Patrice Guillaume...
History
The Christmas Rebellion of 1831: The Story of the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt
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The Christmas Rebellion, also known as the Baptist War, was a slave revolt that took place in Jamaica in 1831. It is one of the largest and most significant slave revolts in history
History
Muhumusa: For Resisting Colonial Rule, this African Queen was Arrested and Kept under House Arrest until her Death in 1945
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Queen Muhumusa was a courageous leader whose resistance against the German and British colonial powers, resulted in her arrest and subsequent house confinement until her death in 1945.
Born in the early 1880s in what is present-day Rwanda, Muhumusa's early...
History
Malik Ambar: The Ethiopian Slave Who Became a Military Leader in India in the 16th Century
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Malik Ambar was an Ethiopian who was caught and sold by a slave merchant; subsequently, he ascended to become a formidable military leader and a crucial figure in the Deccan Sultanate of India during the late 16th century.
About Me
Mr Madu is a freelance writer, a lover of Africa and a frequent hiker who loves long, vigorous walks, usually on hills or mountains.
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Coffy: The Enslaved African Who Led a Major Slave Revolt Against the Colonial Regime in Guyana in 1763
Coffy, also spelled as Cuffy, Kofi or Koffi, was an enslaved man of Akan descent, played an important role...