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One seven-foot-high panel showing Calafia as a Black woman with her Amazons is in The Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco

Having proclaimed herself pharaoh, Hatshepsut ruled as a man would for more than 20 years while depicting herself in statues and paintings with a male figure and fake beard.

Kalulu accompanied Stanley around Europe and America between 1872 to 1873, he posed during that period for a wax model that was later installed in the museum of Madame Tussaud in London.

The following African girl names have been derived from a variety of societies and places, including South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Swahili, etc.

The following African boy names have been derived from a variety of societies and places, including South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Swahili, etc.

Just incase you are wondering what informed the decision or choice of names of countries in Africa, below is a list of 7 African countries and how they got their names.

African Female warriors who led armies in battle against advancing European powers to protect their people from invasion and enslavement were a part of these flourishing African empires and kingdoms.

This article highlights 7 influential ancient African empires that shows that the trans-Atlantic slave trade interrupted Africa’s glorious history. 

Smith and Carlos’ personal and professional life were affected for years after using the 1968 Olympics medal presentation to show support for persecuted Black people around the world.

The Greensboro sit-in movement quickly extended to Southern college towns. Despite the fact that many of the demonstrators were detained for trespassing, disruptive behavior,