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Rwanda Remembers Victims of 1994 Genocide
Today, 7th April, 2022, marks 28 years since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda in which over 800,000 people were killed in 100 days of inhumane slaughter.
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Priscilla Nzimiro: the Tragic Story of the First Igbo Female Medical Doctor
Ada Priscilla Nzimiro was a trained medical doctor from Imo State who earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from the University of Glasgow in 1950
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King Bayano: the Yoruba King Who Escaped Slavery and Led the Biggest Slave Revolts of 16th Century Panama
Bayano was an African enslaved by Spaniards who led the biggest slave revolts of 16th century Panama.
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King Mutara III Rudahigwa: The Giant Christain King of Rwanda
King Mwami Mutara III Rudahigwa was a six foot nine Tutsi who became king in 1931 and ruled the Kingdom of Rwanda for 28 years. He was the first Rwandan king to be baptised, and to convert to Roman Catholicism.
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Chief Amodu Tijani: This Yoruba Chief Took Britain to Court in 1921 for Stealing His Land and Won a Huge Compensation
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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.
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Issac Woodard: the African-American Veteran Who Was Attacked and Blinded by Police Officers in 1946
Isaac Woodard Jr. was a decorated World War II veteran who was brutally beaten and blinded while still on uniform on February 12, 1946, just hours after he was honorably discharged from the United States Army.
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South Sudan Kingdom Restored 117 Years After British Soldiers Killed Its Last Monarch
King Gbudue was a royal Azande leader and arguably the most prominent person in the recent history of the Azande people.
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Blind Tom: Born Into Slavery, This Blind Autustic Slave Became the Highest Paid Pianist of His Time
Born into slavery, Thomas Wiggins “Blind Tom”, was a musical prodigy who became a touring phenomenon in the 1800’s
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Charles Sumner, the US Senator Who Was Almost Killed for Speaking Against Slavery
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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.
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Lost 4,500-year-old Temple Unearthed in Egypt
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Archaeologists have found one of the four lost sun temples built by the pharaohs while they were still alive in an attempt to turn themselves into living gods.
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Charleston Riot of 1919: The Time US Sailors Unleashed Chaos on African Americans
The Charleston riot of 1919 was one of several incidents of civil unrest that began in the American Red Summer, of 1919. The Summer consisted of terrorist attacks on black communities, and white oppression in over three dozen cities and counties in the US.
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