by SwansonAbigail | Aug 24, 2009 | Global African History, Places
The Sokoto Caliphate in Northern Nigeria was one of the largest empires in Africa during the 19th century. The empire developed as a result of the Fulani jihads (holy wars) which took place in the first decade of the 19th century across what is now Northern Nigeria....
by SwansonAbigail | Aug 24, 2009 | Global African History, People
Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the Republic of Congo, serving from 1960 to 1965. He assumed the office when the Congo became independent from Belgium on June 30, 1960. The date and year of his birth is not certain but it is believed to be around 1910. ...
by TsakaniasCaroline | Aug 22, 2009 | African American History, People
Percy Sutton, attorney, politician, civil rights activist, and businessman, was born on November 24, 1920, in San Antonio, Texas to school teachers Samuel and Lillian Sutton. Percy Sutton attended Prairie View A&M University, Tuskegee Institute, and Hampton...
by TsakaniasCaroline | Aug 22, 2009 | African American History, People
Basil Alexander Paterson, attorney, politician, and educator, was born on April 27, 1926 in Harlem, New York to parents of West Indian descent, Evangeline Alicia and Leonard James Paterson. Paterson attended New York City public schools and in 1942, at the age of 16,...
by RoyLisa | Aug 22, 2009 | African American History, Primary Documents
Preamble: It has pleased Almighty God to permit the interior of Africa to be made known to us during the last few years, by the efforts of missionaries and explorers, to an extent hitherto deemed almost impossible. The facts which have become public concerning its...
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