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Timothy Meaher, the Man Who Smuggled the Last Enslaved Africans Into the United States

Uzonna Anele - September 20, 2022

Timothy Meaher was responsible for smuggling 110 African men, women, and children into the United States in 1860.

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Operation Anvil: the British Military Operation That Imprisoned and Tortured Kenyans During the Mau Mau Uprising

TalkAfricana - September 9, 2022

Operation Anvil was a British military operation during the Mau Mau Uprising where British troops rounded up over 20,000 suspected Mau Mau rebels.

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Kinjikitile Ngwale, the Tanzanian Spiritual Leader Who Was Hanged for Leading a Rebellion Against German Colonial Rule

Uzonna Anele - September 9, 2022

Kinjikitile Ngwale was a Tanzanian spiritual leader that led an armed rebellion of Islamic and animist Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa in 1905

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Nat Turner, the Preacher Who Led a Slave Rebellion in Virginia in 1831

TalkAfricana - September 3, 2022

Nat Turner was an enslaved African-American preacher who led a rebellion of enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

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António I of Kongo, the African King Who Was Beheaded for Refusing to Cede His Country’s Mines to Portugal

Uzonna Anele - August 31, 2022

António I of Kongo (António I Nvita a Nkanga) was a King of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila.

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Force Publique, the Brutal Army Used by Belgian King Leopold II to Commit His Crimes in Congo

Mr Madu - August 29, 2022

King Leopold's Force Publique had one major purpose and that was to enforce the rubber quotas and other forms of forced labour on the people of congo.

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