Jamaica’s reggae megastar received a hero’s welcome when he came home after seven years in a US jail. ‘No guts, no glory – that’s my genesis,’ he says in a
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You’ve seen the headlines: China is taking over Africa, and the United States and Africa’s former colonizers in Europe have already quit the race. In a video recently shared by
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Jamaica’s high court ruled Friday that a school was within its rights to demand that a girl cut her dreadlocks to attend classes, a surprise decision that touched on
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Okomfo Anokye is the greatest and celebrated mystic man in the history of Ghana. He was an Ashanti priest, statesman and lawgiver. He occupies a Merlin-like position in Ashanti history. A co-founder of the Empire
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In the expansive essay published by the New Yorker, Nwaubani told intriguing tales about family, Igbo traditions, slavery and colonialism. She explained how her great-grandfather, Nwaubani Ogogo Oriaku, gained wealth and influence
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Should Britain pay reparations for its part in the slave trade? British banks, prime ministers and parish vicars made millions from the slave trade. Plus Wirecard’s missing billions. The toppling
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Bunny Wailer Reggae legend Bunny Wailer is in the hospital recovering after suffering a second stroke last week,
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The mutiny occurred because the native troops had not been paid for months despite constant promises Remembering the Kumasi Mutiny of 1901. Photomontage of Private Luseini an NCO of the
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Amid the global debate about race relations, colonialism and slavery, some of the Europeans and Americans who made their fortunes in trading human beings have seen their legacies reassessed, their
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Elmina Castle and its Dark History of Enslavement, Torture, and Death Elmina Castle is a white-washed Medieval Castle on the coast of Ghana. It was the first – and for many centuries
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