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Nelson Mandela: The South African Activist And President
The South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate...
17th-Century: Giulia Tofana, Poisoner who Killed 600 Men.
If Giulia Tofana's confessions are to be believed, then the lethal potion maker is among the most prolific serial killers...
Elizabeth Báthory: Mass Murderer or Victim?
Elizabeth Báthory: Mass Murderer or Victim? Elizabeth Báthory is famed as the ‘Blood Countess,’ an Eastern European aristocrat who tortured...
Middle-class Joe Biden: Third White House run lucky
middle class Joe Biden's election was the culmination of former US Vice-President Joe Biden's third bid for the White House....
The Bijagos of Guinea-Bissau where women rule and choose their own husbands
Once a woman becomes a mother among the Bijagos in Guinea-Bissau, she is given the maximum respect and gets immense prestige. And...
Why did the South Africans Zulu king invite a delegation of Europeans to a meeting only to kill 100 of them?
The Piet Retief massacre carries for South Africans the sort of weight of sentiments national histories tend to have. Particularly because of...
The African king, Ibrahim Njoya who created his own writing system that was destroyed by the French
King Ibrahim Njoya was between the years 1860 to 1933, the 17th ruler of Bamum. A large ethnic group located within...
French MPs vote to return stolen West African artifacts
Lawmakers in France have unanimously voted to return stolen artifacts in the possession of the French government. For more than a century to Benin...
(pyramids) coffins; Egypt displays 59 ancient coffins recently discovered near pyramids
CAIRO — Archaeologists displayed an amazing discovery of antiquities Saturday. 59 sealed sarcophagi recently unearthed near the ancient city of Memphis’ famed necropolis(Egypt displays 59...
Eritreans and Somali were forced to fight Italy’s wars – For half a century, Here’s how
Scholars of political history note that one of the more insidious aspects of imperialism. As conducted by Westerners or even...
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