Browsing: MBBA HISTORY & CULTURE

Elizabeth Hobbs briefly lived with Mary Lincoln following Lincoln’s death, but her relationship with the first lady soured with the release of her book

The history of these Adinkra symbols date centuries back. They are believed to have their origin from Gyaman, a former kingdom in today’s Côte D’Ivoire.

Top 10 African Museums Africa is a continent rich in cultural heritage. Some available evidence of age-long deep cultural identities,…

Until about 10,000 years ago, research and archaeology have shown, that the Sahara desert in Africa use to be “a…

Initially, scooping ice cream was done using just a spoon to grind, not until Alfred L. Cralle ( in 1897)…

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, lots of people kidnapped from Africa were forced into slavery in the American colonies…

The Story of how enslaved African mothers were forced to breastfeed and nurture white babies during the times of slavery…

The Abolitionist movement was a systematic effort to end slavery in the United States. The first administrators of the campaign,…

The history of slavery in the Caribbeans began, in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, after the colonization of…

Throughout African history, women have held roles of leadership, attaining powerful queens in ancient Africa. Whether they were queens or…