From the 16th century, Cameroon was known for exporting slaves. The first commercial treaty was signed in 1856 with the British. Prior to World War 1, the area now known as Cameroon became a German colony but after the war, they were…
Rwanda's Parliament abolished about 1000 colonial laws that were enacted by the colonial regimes but no longer relevant in a post colonial country. All legal instruments enacted “before independence” – starting with the year 1885 and ending on July 1, 1962,…
The colony of Freetown was established in 1787 and became a
haven for slaves liberated by the Royal Navy’s antislavery patrols. Some of the
slaves returning became part of the elite Creole society that believed it was
higher in status than the natives. The returners…
In 1932, the French divided the colony into Mali, Niger and the Ivory Coast
but by 1947 they reunited the colony. However, by then there was a growing
anti-colonial movement. The movement was led by the African Democratic Assembly
(RDA) and the Voltic Union (UDV).…
On Sunday morning, black billionaire Robert F. Smith announced to the Moorehouse graduating class of 2019 that he would pay the student loan debt of the entire graduating class.
The gift is worth an estimated $40 million, which will be paid…
After King Sobhuza I died in 1839, he was succeeded by
Mswati I. He quickly transformed it into a centralized monarchy. During the
1880s, Mswati’s lost about half his kingdom to Transvaal Boers. After the Boer
war, the Swazi kingdom was placed under the British…
By February 1961, many African countries had gained or were on the road to gaining their independence when the armed members of the Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA) stormed the city prison in a quest to free political prisoners. This…
The Livingstone Inland Mission (LIM) was an evangelical missionary society that operated in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1878 and 1884. Although this mission was initially funded by Henry Grattan Guinness and his wife Fanny, it was…
Despite the barriers that black people faced in America, they still valued and invested in education even during and after slavery. Below is a brief history of African American participation in education since 1842.
1842- Cheyney University was created
1854- Lincoln University established
1856- Wilberforce…
Oberlin College, the liberal arts educational institution in Ohio, has announced that it is naming its main library to honor Mary Church Terrell.
“Oberlin’s history is steeped in moments of recognition of the college’s landmark achievements in its early years that provided access…