Africa
Africa Ranking
Top 20 Cheapest Places to Live in Africa, 2024
Mercer’s 2022 ranking found that Lusaka in Zambia is the cheapest city to live in Africa, while Tunis was ranked second place.
Religion
Kimpa Vita: For Portraying Jesus as a Black Man, This African Prophetess Was Burnt Alive in 1706
Donna Beatriz's (kimpa vita) Antonianism rejected the Catholic rituals of baptism, confession, and prayer. It also refused the cross, claiming it is to blame for Christ's death.
Society & Culture
Marriage by Capture Tradition of the ǃKung People of Southern Africa
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The ǃKung san are one of the San peoples who live mostly on the western edge of the Kalahari desert, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern Angola), and Botswana.
The !kung people live distantly from other peoples, even other groups of...
History
King Eyo Honesty II: This Man Stopped the Killing of Twins in Calabar, Not Mary Slessor
King Eyo Honesty II ended brutal practices such as the killing of twins; human sacrifices; and the immolation of slaves upon the death of an important person.
History
Remembering Samuel Doe, the First World Leader to Be Tortured and Executed on Camera
On the 9th of September 1990, Samuel Doe became the first world leader to be tortured on camera before being executed.
Africa Ranking
Top 10 Largest Countries in East Africa
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Ethiopia has a total area of 1,104,300 square kilometres making it the largest country in East Africa.
Africa Ranking
Richest Countries in East Africa (2024)
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Djibouti is the richest country in East Africa and the eleventh-richest country in Africa with a Nominal GDP per capita of $3,425.
Africa Ranking
Top 10 Highest Producers of Cocoa in Africa, 2024
The Ivory Coast is by far the largest cocoa producing country in Africa and the world; supplying over 30% of the world’s cocoa beans.
Africa Ranking
Top 20 Largest Economies In Africa (2024)
Nigeria tops the list of largest economies in Africa with a GDP of $514.05 billion. Petroleum accounts for more than half of Nigeria's total GDP
History
Pikworo Slave Camp: the 18th Century Slave Trading Camp in Ghana Where African Slaves Were Auctioned
The Pikworo slave camp was a slave trading camp in Ghana where enslaved Africans were sold to English, French and Dutch slave traders
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Arthur St. Clair: The Black Minister Lynched for Presiding Over a Mixed-Race Marriage in 1877
Arthur W. St. Clair was an African-American leader whose life was tragically cut short in 1877. His crime? Presiding...