Speakers at a forum to discuss Ghana’s independence struggle have called for a rewrite of the country’s anti-colonial history to […]
African History
Nigeria’s Independence: Six Images From Six Decades
As Nigeria celebrate its independence anniversary, the BBC’s Nduka Orjinmo selects six images, one from each decade, that represent watershed […]
The Library Of Africa And The African Diaspora In Accra, Ghana Now Open
The Library of Africa and The African Diaspora, formerly known as Libreria Ghana, has been open for members in Accra, […]
Family Of WWII Veteran Who Was Castrated, Beaten And Shot To Death In 1956 Demands Justice
World War II veteran Hammondee Green was allegedly murdered in Amite, Louisiana in 1956 while in the custody of the Amite Police […]
Nandi: The Woman Whom Shaka Zulu Killed For And For Whom He Was Killed
The grief accumulating from the loss of a loved one has the tendency of shattering the joy, internal peace and […]
This Earliest Map Of Africa Was Created In 1554 By A German Who Had Never Stepped Foot On The continent
Our ancestors of the Pharaonic civilization spent considerable time mapping out everything about the world around them. So they must have at […]
The World’s Largest Church Is In Africa And Was ‘Financed By God’
In the outskirts of Ivory Coast’s capital, Yamoussoukro stands this beautiful edifice – the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace […]
Meet The Artist Who Received Backlash For Painting God As a Black Woman
If you are familiar with Michelangelo’s masterpiece, “The Creation of Adam”, you would agree that it is one of the […]
How The Marriage Between A Prominent Ghanaian Lawyer And A British Woman Stirred The World In 1953
Disgusting! That was how the apartheid South African government described the marriage between Joe Appiah, a young lawyer from Gold […]
For Marrying A White Woman In 1948, This African Chief Was Forced To Give Up His Throne By The British
Britain’s King Edward VIII is not the only 20th-century royal to give up his throne for love as in 1948, […]
By Boycotting European Goods, This Influential Ghanaian Chief Sparked Africa’s Independence Struggle In 1948
Africa’s independence and Kwame Nkrumah’s record as the first president of the Gold Coast, the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa […]
The Ghanaian Prince En Route To Study In England But Deceivingly Sold Into Slavery In 1748
William Ansah Sessarakoo was the son of John Corrente, the head chief of Annamaboe –in the central region of Ghana. […]