Hiram Rhodes Revels, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1827, was a minister, educator, and politician who made history as the first African-American to serve in the United States Senate.
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from Guinea, West Africa who was kidnapped on his way to sell two slaves and shipped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade.
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Eugen Fischer was a German physician and anthropologist who gained notoriety for his work in eugenics and racial hygiene. He is best known for conducting medical experiments on the Herero and Namaqua people of what is now Namibia during the colonial period.
Pedro Blanco was a Spanish merchant who played a significant role in the transatlantic slave trade during the 19th century. Born in the late 18th century, Blanco built his fortune by establishing a slave trading empire in West Africa
Rondavels are traditional huts that are common among indigenous communities in Southern Africa. These structures have been in use for centuries and have played a significant role in the culture and traditions of the people who inhabit these areas
The Code’s sixty articles regulated the life, death, purchase, religion, and treatment of slaves by their masters in all French colonies.
The Code Noir also known as the Black Code was a decree originally passed by France's King Louis...
Revered as a successful merchant and trader, Chief Ẹfúná¹£etán AnÃwúrà is famous for being arguably the most powerful slave trader in yoruba land in the 19th century
Princess Aqualtune was a brave and powerful Angolan princess who fought against Portuguese colonizers and later escaped slavery to lead a resistance movement in Brazil in the 17th century.
Queen Nanny of the Maroons is a legendary figure in Jamaican history, known for her leadership of the Maroon community in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.