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- Early Zulu BattlesCreated: 2009-11-26 @ 11:13:24 EST Updated: 2009-11-26 @ 11:52:27 EST
Several important battles took place for the Zulu nation before the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Here are a few of the more important encounters… - Muslim Brotherhood -- Who were the Muslim Brotherhood…Created: 2009-11-24 @ 06:51:26 EST
Who were the Muslim Brotherhood?… - The Tripartite Invasion, 1956Created: 2009-11-24 @ 06:44:04 EST
Britain, France and Israel attempt to wrest the Suez Canal from Egyptian control - Part 1: Nasser takes control… - Afrikaner Broederbond -- What was the Afrikaner Broederbond…Created: 2009-11-16 @ 11:24:10 EST Updated: 2009-11-16 @ 11:26:50 EST
What was the Afrikaner Broederbond?… - Stormjaers -- Who were the StormjaersCreated: 2009-11-16 @ 11:04:19 EST
Who were the Stormjaers?… - Ossewabrandwag -- Who were the Ossewabrandwag…Created: 2009-11-16 @ 10:55:55 EST Updated: 2009-11-16 @ 10:58:59 EST
Who were the Ossewabrandwag?… - Soweto -- What is SowetoCreated: 2009-11-16 @ 10:48:53 EST Updated: 2009-11-16 @ 10:56:28 EST
What is Soweto?… - Ethiopian ProverbsCreated: 2009-10-28 @ 10:42:23 EDT
Much of Africa's history has been passed on through the generations orally. One consequence of this is that morals and lessons have been crystallized in the form of proverbs. Here is a collection o… - JE Casely Hayford QuotesCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 06:02:36 EDT
Quotes by JE Casely Hayford, Pan-Africanist and Ghanaian Nationalist… - JE Casely HayfordCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 05:59:17 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 11:52:23 EDT
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford was a teacher, author, lawyer, politician, Pan-Africanist, and founder of the National Congress of British West Africa (one of the continent's first Pan-African organi… - Ahmed Ben BellaCreated: 2009-10-22 @ 05:54:26 EDT
Ahmed Ben Bella is a Pan-Africanist and nationalist leader of Algeria. He was one of the first to take up the armed struggle against French colonial rule. He became the first president of Algeria i… - Hominid Fossils in Kenya and EthiopiaCreated: 2009-10-17 @ 10:32:39 EDT
Discoveries in Africa in 2001 alter our understanding of our family tree… - Ahmed Ben Bella QuotesCreated: 2009-10-12 @ 09:35:27 EDT
Quotes by Ahmed Ben Bella, Pan-Africanist and First President of Algeria… - Tirailleurs -- What are TirailleursCreated: 2009-10-11 @ 07:48:34 EDT
What are Tirailleurs?… - Autogestion -- What is AutogestionCreated: 2009-10-11 @ 07:47:26 EDT
What is Autogestion?… - Sand War -- What was the Sand WarCreated: 2009-10-11 @ 06:03:03 EDT
What was the Sand War?… - São Tomé and the Slave TradeCreated: 2009-10-07 @ 11:58:07 EDT Updated: 2009-10-07 @ 12:09:57 EDT
São Tomé is considered to be a principal port in the export of slaves across the Atlantic, this is, however, only part of the story… - Dusé Mohamed AliCreated: 2009-10-01 @ 09:06:56 EDT
Dusé Mohamed Ali was an influential Pan-Africanist, a supporter of Islam, and traveled widely throughout the African Diaspora. He founded the 'African Times and Orient Review' in 1911, whi… - Dusé Mohamed Ali QuotesCreated: 2009-10-01 @ 09:05:38 EDT Updated: 2009-10-01 @ 09:11:04 EDT
A collection of quotations by the influential, early twentieth century Pan-Africanist, Dusé Mohamed Ali… - Ptolemy's Catalog of the StarsCreated: 2009-09-23 @ 09:50:30 EDT Updated: 2009-09-23 @ 11:28:51 EDT
Observations of stars, planets and constellations were made by scholars of Ancient Egypt -- and they were so precise that they remained state of the art for two millennia… - Origins of the trans-Atlantic slave tradeCreated: 2009-09-09 @ 08:18:15 EDT Updated: 2009-09-09 @ 08:25:17 EDT
Portuguese exploration and trade: 1450-1500… - Pre-Dynastic and Early Dynastic PeriodCreated: 2009-08-26 @ 09:42:23 EDT
Chronology of the Early Dynasties of Ancient Egypt… - Iry-Hor ('Belonging to Horus')Created: 2009-08-26 @ 09:38:58 EDT
Pre-Dynastic King of Ancient Egypt… - Biography: Joe SlovoCreated: 2009-08-16 @ 11:56:43 EDT
Joe Slovo, anti-Apartheid activist, was one of the founders of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC, and was general secretary of the South African Communist Party during the 1980s… - Chad -- A Very Short History of ChadCreated: 2009-08-11 @ 12:33:02 EDT Updated: 2009-08-11 @ 12:37:54 EDT
A potted history of Chad… - Biography: Martin Thembisile (Chris) HaniCreated: 2009-08-04 @ 08:04:15 EDT
A short biography of Chris Hani, South African political activist, chief-of-staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, and Secretary-General of the South African Communist Party, assassinated in April 1993… - Oligarchy -- What is an OligarchyCreated: 2009-07-29 @ 07:51:44 EDT Updated: 2009-07-29 @ 07:52:38 EDT
What is an Oligarchy?… - Anocracy -- What is an AnocracyCreated: 2009-07-29 @ 07:51:38 EDT Updated: 2009-07-29 @ 07:54:19 EDT
What is an Anocracy?… - The Gambia -- A Very Short History of The GambiaCreated: 2009-07-28 @ 11:35:06 EDT
A potted history of The Gambia… - The Gambia Timeline -- Timeline of The Gambia from Prehistory to Pre…Created: 2009-07-17 @ 10:02:33 EDT
A chronology of key events in The Gambia's history… - This Day in African History: November 05Updated: 2009-10-30 @ 08:22:37 EDT
A chronicle of events in African history on 5 November… - Kenyan ProverbsUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 08:14:49 EDT
Much of Africa's history has been passed on through the generations orally. One consequence of this is that traditional wisdom has been crystallized in the form of proverbs. Here is a collection of… - Zulu ProverbsUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 08:14:12 EDT
Much of Africa's history has been passed on through the generations orally. One consequence of this is that traditional wisdom has been crystallized in the form of proverbs. Here is a collection of… - Yoruba ProverbsUpdated: 2009-10-26 @ 08:09:05 EDT
Much of Africa's history has been passed on through the generations orally. One consequence of this is that morals and lessons have been crystallized in the form of proverbs. Here is a collection o… - Biography: Nelson Rolihlahla MandelaUpdated: 2009-10-13 @ 05:27:51 EDT
A biography of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about AfricanhistoryUpdated: 2009-10-10 @ 06:03:22 EDT
- Biography: Idi Amin DadaUpdated: 2009-10-09 @ 05:17:53 EDT
Idi Amin, who became known as the 'Butcher of Uganda' for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africa's post-independence dictato… - Cape Town's Infamous Robben IslandUpdated: 2009-10-08 @ 05:14:03 EDT
A short history of island that housed the most notorious prison of the South African apartheid regime… - Humankind's African OriginsUpdated: 2009-10-08 @ 05:08:51 EDT
The number of recognised hominid species which form part of our greater family tree is growing. Find out where and when each of these many species was discovered… - This Day in African History: April 09Updated: 2009-08-19 @ 13:42:34 EDT
A chronicle of events in African history on 9 April…