John Morton-Finney was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator with Nigerian roots who earned eleven academic degrees, including five law degrees.
Born to a former slave father and a free mother - whose ancestors were transported from the...
Weapons and ammunition poured in quietly as Whitehall and the Harold Wilson government lied and denied it all. Much enlarged, with fresh weapons and secret advisory teams, the Nigerian army inched across Biafra as the defenders tried to fight...
Luanda Leaks, a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 36 media partners, exposes two decades of unscrupulous deals that made dos Santos Africa's wealthiest woman and left oil- and diamond-rich Angola one of the poorest...
The Nuba people have been wrestling for centuries and like other forms of Wrestling in Africa, the purpose of Nuba wrestling is to build group identity and display the prowess of the group's young men.
The Nuba peoples are various...
Born in 1783, thr Two-Headed Boy of Bengal had two heads, one on top of the other with the second head upside down so that the neck stub was in the air. It was said that the second head...
While female slaves in the U.S. could be made to sing and dance at their masters whim, male slaves also had the difficult task of fighting for the masters in what was a great source of entertainment and income...
People pay thousands of dollars to this Russian firm to store their brain when they die.. in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring them back to life.
When Alexei Voronenkov’s 70-year-old mother passed away,...
Ghana has been ranked among the least trustworthy countries in the world in the recently released US News Report 2020.
Switzerland, Canada and Japan are seen as the best countries in the world in the 2020 Best Countries Report –...
A high court in Malawi has ordered the government to allow Rastafarian students with dread locks to attend school.
The temporary order was made while a court continues to make a decision on a case filed by a schoolgirl who...
19 year-old musician 'Rema' has been earmarked for great success in 2020 by the BBC UK.
The Nigerian star, who had won the Headies 'Next Rated Award' in 2019, kicked off this year with a spot on the prestigious BBC...
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.
