Global Black History

Roger Boka: Zimbabwe’s Banking Pioneer & Wealth Creator

Zimbabwe's Roger Boka was a visionary and an economic freedom fighter. He broke the economic glass ceiling when he launched the first black owned Merchant Bank in Zimbabwe, United Merchant Bank. Prior to Boka's launch, Zimbabwean banking had been dominated by foreign…

America Featured by Editor February 2, 2021

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How American Citizenship Became a Racial Issue: The Nationality Act of 1790

In 1790, the new Congress passed a naturalization act, referred to as the Nationality Act of 1790. Congress limited the right to citizenship to “free white persons.” In practice, only white, male property owners could naturalize and acquire the status of citizens,…

America Culture Featured Society by Samantha Johnas January 30, 2021

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Univ. of Michigan to Lead Team Studying Path to Reparations

The Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan is leading a group of college and university scholars in an effort to examine possible avenues to provide reparations for African Americans and Indigenous people. Reparations refers to compensation, which may include…

Culture Europe Featured by Editor January 25, 2021

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The Early Days of the Atlantic Slave Trade from 1500

The Portuguese seized the island of Sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea and about 200 miles west of Gabon. The plantations were supposed to produce sugar for the European market. This was one of the earliest forms of black labor used…

Featured Land Issues by John Akina January 20, 2021

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How Joe Biden Tried To Destroy Zimbabwe For Empowering Black People

In 1998, Zimbabweans began to invade farms that were farmed by the descendants of white colonialists. Many of these Zimbabweans remembered a time after 1930 when white settlers forcibly stole land that belonged to black people. In 2000, the Zimbabwe government passed…

America Featured Society by John Akina January 17, 2021

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Woodrow Wilson & The Black Vote in 1912

Like many politicians before and after him, when Woodrow Wilson was desperate to win the vote during the 1912 election, he looked to black voters. Wilson said, I want to assure them (Negroes) that when I become President of the United States…

Central Africa Culture Featured by John Akina January 13, 2021

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The Kuba Kingdom (1625- 1700)

The Kuba kingdom did not become significant until about 1625. It is part of now present-day Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kuba Kingdom was a conglomerate of several smaller Bushongo-speaking principalities as well as the Kete, Coofa, Mbeengi, and the Kasai Twa…

America Featured by Samantha Johnas January 9, 2021

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America’s Only Successful Coup d’Etat: It was against black political power

In 1898, a group of white vigilantes—angry and fearful at the newly elected local government made up of duly elected black politicians—joined forces with area militias to rain terror on Wilmington, North Carolina, then the South’s most progressive Black-majority city. The Wilmington,…

Central Africa Featured by Samantha Johnas January 5, 2021

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Central African Republic President Touadéra wins re-election

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra has been reelected in the first round of the presidential vote held on December 27. He secured more than 53% of votes in the first round, according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission…