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Apr 23, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF HAPI.
The indigenous peoples of the Hapi Valley were not Egytians or Nubians but rather Kemetyu and Nehesu, written in the Medu Neter. They were sister civilizations with common culture and lineage in north east Africa.
These ancient neolithic populations first migrated from the source of the Hapi which is in what European scholars love to call “Sub Sahran” Africa. It should be noted that this is a modern concept which these ancient populations did not adhere to.
The Source of the Blue Hapi
Apr 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Christian Frederick Cole - The First Black Graduate of the University of Oxford and England's First Black Barrister
Christian Frederick Cole was a Sierra Leonean lawyer who is a historical icon after becoming the first African barrister to practice in England.
His accomplishments further became significant because he was the first black African student at the University of Oxford. As a black man emerging from an underprivileged family background, you'll notice that his story was marred by unavoidable setbacks and trials.
Apr 17, 2023 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
The Moors Ruled Spain and Portugal 754 Years Before The Collapse of The Mali Empire.
Here are some facts about the Moors in Europe:
1. The Moors Introduced Numerous New Fruits and Vegetables to Europe. The Moors introduced a variety of fruits and vegetables that were
previously unknown in both Spain and Europe, and thus deemed exotic novelties. These items included peaches, lemons, oranges, saffron, cotton, rice, silk, sugar cane, apricots, figs, dates, pomegranates and many others. Although commonplace today, during the Middle Ages these
Apr 2, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean, a region populated by many independent Nguni chiefdoms. During his brief reign more than a hundred
chiefdoms were brought together in a Zulu kingdom which survived not only the death of its founder but later military defeat and calculated attempts to break it up. As he grew to m.anhood, Shaka began to discover new talents and faculties.
Mar 24, 2023 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
How body scarification rooted African history and cultures for centuries.
Scarification has played an essential role in the culture of various communities in Africa. Scarification is the process of creating meaningful pictures, words, or designs on the skin by making
superficial wounds with stones, glass, knives, or other objects. This long-term physical change can convey a wide range of cultural messages. Scarification is used to show clan identity, status within a community, passage into adulthood, or spiritual significance in
Mar 11, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
The Kru tribe, tough people that refused to be captured and taken away for slavery.
The people of Kru are a tribe of West Africa from South-Eastern Liberia and the neighboring Côte D’ivoire. Kru migrated and settled in different parts of the West African coasts,
in particular Sierra Leone, Freetown, Cameroon, and Nigeria. It is said that Kru people have historical relations with Nigeria’s Ijaws. The Kru tribe who made fishing and trading as their primary activity was majorly known for their seafaring and strong history of
Mar 8, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
William W. Browne, from slave to founder of the first Black-owned Bank.
Reverend William Washington Browne, a former Georgia slave, established America’s first black-owned bank. The “True Reformers Savings Bank” was the first black bank to be chartered in the United States.
The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, a Black fraternal organization founded by Browne in 1849, inspired the bank’s name. The bank was established in 1888 but did not open until the following year. On the first day, it received deposits totaling more than $1,269.
Jan 20, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Mansa Musa (Musa I of Mali) was the ruler of the kingdom of Mali from 1312 C.E. to 1337 C.E. During his reign, Mali was one of the richest kingdoms of Africa, and Mansa Musa was among the richest individuals in the world. The ancient kingdom of Mali spread across parts of
modern-day Mali, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso. Mansa Musa developed cities like Timbuktu and Gao into important cultural centers. He also brought architects from the Middle East and across Africa to design new buildings for
Jan 20, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
THE ANCIENT GREAT BENIN EMPIRE.
The Benin Kingdom was a flourishing ancient city situated in modern day Nigeria. During pre colonial era, Benin was one of the many highly developed cultures in Africa. This kingdom got its start up around 900 CE when Edo people settled in
the tropical rainforest of West Africa. The walls of Benin City and its surrounding kingdom was the world’s largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era, and was featured in the Genius Book Of Word Record. Benin City was also one of the first cities to have a
Nov 8, 2022 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Untold story of Joseph Laroche, the only black man on RMS Titanic 1912.
Many portrayals of the events surrounding the RMS Titanic show only white passengers, leading many to believe there were no persons of color on board. In recent years,
the story of the Titanic’s single black passenger and his family has been brought to light as an ignored Titanic fact. Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was born in 1886 in Haiti. At the age of 15, he went to France to study engineering.
Nov 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In 1962 Emperor Haile Selassie smuggled out Mandela with Ethiopian passport as a journalist.
In 1962, Mr. Nelson Mandela traveled to Ethiopia in secret for military, political, and spiritual training.” On Haile Selassie’s orders, the Ethiopian army first trained and armed
Nelson Mandela in his struggle against apartheid South Africa. On his Majesty’s personal orders, the Ethiopian Colonel in charge of Mandela’s military training gave him a gun with which he was to bring down the ignoble and unhappy apartheid regime that was still thriving
Oct 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60%. He also banned forced marriages and gave poor people land, Vaccinated 2.5 million kids, Planted 10 million trees
Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave. He also sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time)
Oct 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
MARIO BALLOTELI 🗣️"I challenge you all African footballers to put money together with me to leave the Racist Europe and build stadiums in Africa and develop our youth. We have money we can build at least 5 world class stadium in ...
each country and sign a petition that no players will be exported to Europe ever again. Here in Africa they will play under love of their sisters and brothers with no one singing racists chants on the stands against them. We are more talented.
Oct 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Never Forget what they did to our African ancestors. A history written in blood cannot be unwritten by lies written in ink. Our ancestors have passed through worst situations.
Oct 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
In a Chicago Museum, is a 3,000 years old Egyptian statue that looks exactly like Michael Jackson.
This Egyptian carving is one of the most popular exhibts at the Chicago Field Museum, as tons of Michael Jackson fans come by yearly and treat the visit to the museum like a pilgrimage.
Oct 2, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
South African 🇿🇦 surgeon successfully Performed the First Ever Transplant Surgery to Cure Deafness. In March 2019, Prof Tshifularo became the first surgeon in the world to successfully perform a transplant surgery that allowed a 35-year old male recipient, whose middle ear was
completely damaged in a car accident, to hear again. The pioneering surgical procedure using 3D-printed middle ear bones, developed by Professor Mashudu Tshifularo and his team at the University of Pretoria (UP) Faculty of Health in South Africa
Oct 2, 2022 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
The bitter truth about colonel Muammar Gaddafi's death. A legend betrayed and killed by his own brainwashed people under the sponsorship and influence of the west.
Libya was the world's poorest country in 1951. Gaddafi made it Africa's most developed country with $150 billion foreign reserves & zero debt. Under Muammar Gaddafi, Libya had one of the world's strongest currencies and Libyans had interest free loans.
Sep 25, 2022 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
The Ethiopian bible is the oldest, most complete and original bible on earth.
Written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge’ez. It is also World’s first illustrated Christian Bible.
The Ethiopian bible dating analysis dated Garima 2 to be written around 390-570, and Garima 1 from 530-660. During the Italian invasion fire was set in the monastery in the 1930s to destroy the monastery’s church nevertheless the Bible survive.
Sep 14, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Leaked Hillary Clinton Emails Revealed NATO Killed Gaddafi to Stop the formation of a United States of Africa
Of the 3,000 emails released from Hillary Clinton's private email server in late December 2015, about a third were from her close confidante Sidney Blumenthal. One of these emails, dated April 2, 2011, read in part: