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Between 1904-1908, German soldiers murdered 65,000 Herero people and 10,000 Nama people who rose up to protest land seizures and forced labour by colonists in what was called German South West Africa now Namibia.

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List of Ancient African Writing System #Thread Writing is a means by which people record, objectify, and organize their activities and thoughts through images and graphs. It is interesting to note that ancient Africans have been writing

Ancient African Civilization (Haya) #Thread By 100 A.D. the Haya people of now Tanzania began making steel Elders were usually in charge of making the metal and used mud and grass to produce carbon. The carbon was then used with iron over an open hearth furnace to produce steel

Ancient African Civilization (Sudan) In the 9th century AD, housing complexes with glass windows, bath rooms and piped water was found mostly in Old Dongola, the capital of Makuria. Archaeologists found evidence of window glass at the Sudanese cities of Old Dongola & Hambukol.

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The Ethiopian Empire #Thread Spreading across modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia around 1137 CE – 1975 CE, and Stretching from the Middle Ages all the way to the Cold War, the Ethiopian Empire (or Abyssinia, as it was also known) is the longest lasting of the African kingdoms.

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Ancient name of Africa #Thread The ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan. Alkebu-lan “mother of mankind” or “garden of Eden”.” Alkebulan is the oldest and the only word of indigenous origin. It was used by the Moors,Nubians, Numidians,Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians) and Ethiopians.

The Egyptian mummy tomb, which was sealed for 2500 years, has been opened for the first time.

THE ASABA MASSACRE, OCTOBER 7, 1967 #Thread The Nigerian troops had entered Asaba on the 4th day of October 1967, in pursuit of Biafran soldiers who had earlier crossed Ore after taking Benin and dislodging Nigerian troops there.

Some of the over 350,000 ancient manuscripts from Timbuktu, Mali, preserved since the 14th century in 60 to 80 private libraries, written way before most European universities were founded.

History Of Shaka Zulu (From Unwanted Son To Great Zulu King) #Thread The Zulu Kingdom (sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zulu land), was a monarchy in Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian ocean from the Tugela River in the...

Songhai Empire (c. 1464–1591) #Thread The Songhai Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries was a kingdom that controlled the Western Sahel. It was one of the most important states in African history at its height.

Queen of Sheba-Makeda, intelligent African queen who visited King Solomon to verify his wisdom #Thread Many religious texts, including the Bible, Quran, Targum Sheni, and Ethiopian work, Kebra Negas, reference Makeda, the Queen of Sheba in present-day Ethiopia.

African women warriors from Dahomey Kingdom (17th century) that inspired Black Panther #Thread On the Coast of West Africa, the Dahomey Kingdom (1625 -1894) was home to the only appointed elite female warrior troop in history.