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St. Yared of Aksum

AFRICANGLOBE – Saint Yared (April 25, 505 – May 20, 571) was a legendary Ethiopian musician credited with inventing the sacred music tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopia’s system of musical notation.

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Hannibal Barca of Carthage History’s Greatest General

January 25, 2013 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – In 247 B.C., the year Hannibal Barca was born, the Carthage empire was about 500 years old. Known as one of the greatest strategist in military history, the battles of Hannibal would strike a turning point in the history of the continent that would be called Africa.

Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan

December 31, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Professor Yosef Ben-Jochannan is an Egyptologist. Having taught at Cornell University for over 15 years, Dr. Ben, as he is affectionately known, has lectured widely on both sides of the Atlantic. His theme – the ancient civilizations of Egypt. His presentations have placed him in great demand by students and community groups, especially those of African descent.

Otis Boykin – Serial Inventor and Electronics Genius

December 30, 2012 No Comment

AFRCICANGLOBE – Few inventors have had the lasting impact of Otis Boykin. Look around the house today and you’ll see a variety of devices that utilize components made by Otis Boykin – including computers, radios and TV sets. Otis Boykin’s inventions are all the more impressive when one considers he was an African American in a time of segregation and the field of electronics was not as well-established as it is today.

Benjamin Banneker The Man Who Designed Washington DC

December 8, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE -In the Stevie Wonder song “Black Man,” the Motown marvel sings of Benjamin Banneker: “first clock to be made in America was created by a black man.”

Though the song is a fitting salute to a great inventor (and African Americans in general), it only touches on the genius of Benjamin Banneker and the many hats he wore.

Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewaa of West Africa’s Ashanti Empire

October 31, 2012 1 Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Nana Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu of the Ashanti Empire—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene “ruler of Ejisu”. In 1900 she led the Ashanti rebellion known as the War of the Golden Stool against British colonialism.

Africans in Brazil: Zumbi dos Palmares

October 29, 2012 No Comment

AFRICANGLOBE – Zumbi dos Palmares was born free in the Palmares region of Brazil in the year 1655, the last of the military leaders of the Quilombo (Kimbundu word: “kilombo,” of the North Mbundu Bantu language in Angola, meaning “warrior village or settlement”) of Palmares.

Henri Christophe of Haiti: King of the First Black Republic in the West

September 30, 2012 No Comment

Little is known about Henri Christophe’s (English: Henry Christopher ) childhood. A great number of commentators report that he was born on Grenada island, a small nation in the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles, and was the son of a freeman. His father, also named Christophe, was reportedly transported from West Africa or Central West Africa to [...]