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Legend of Africa: King Moshoeshoe I, wise & brave warri...
Moshoeshoe I, the founder and king of the Basotho Kingdom (current-day LESOTHO),...
1960, Jaja Wachuku, Nigeria’s Ambassador to UN slept du...
Jaja Anucha Wachuku, a Royal Prince of Ngwaland and “descendant of 20 generation...
Africa for Africans: Tanzania’s Maji Maji resistance wa...
The Maji Maji Rebellion, was an armed rebellion Africans against German colonial...
![Yohannes IV: An extraordinary military leader & Emperor of Ethiopia [1872–1889]](https://africanactionheroes.com/uploads/images/2022/01/image_380x226_61e62649adace.jpg){kind=small}
Yohannes IV: An extraordinary military leader & Emperor...
Yohannes IV, a nobleman by birth, a cleric by education, a zealot by faith, mora...
Swahili Coast, East African trade center that controlle...
From the 8th century, the Swahili Coast on the East African coast was a location...
Thomas Fuller: Unbelievable fastest human calculator 1...
Thomas Fuller, an African sold into slavery in 1724 at the age of 14, was someti...
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Kingdom of Kerma – Ancient Sudan [over 5500 years ago]
Kerma, also known as Karmah, is a historically significant archaeological site. ...
![Kingdom of Mauretania, presen-day Algeria & Morocco. Influenced Roman Empire [225 BC]](https://africanactionheroes.com/uploads/images/2022/01/image_380x226_61e6264477d35.jpg){kind=small}
Kingdom of Mauretania, presen-day Algeria & Morocco. In...
The Kingdom of Mauretania was founded in the third century BC, approximately 225...
Did you know that African warriors could see, smell & h...
The sense of smell, seeing and hearing in humans is more powerful than we think....
![The original Buddha was wearing the hairstyle known today as Bantu knots [15th century BC]](https://africanactionheroes.com/uploads/images/2022/01/image_380x226_61e626439a8c3.jpg){kind=small}
The original Buddha was wearing the hairstyle known tod...
Bantu knots are a protective hairstyle in which the hair is repeatedly sectioned...
Africa’s Sahara Desert is more times bigger than United...
Sahara Desert The Sahara is a desert on the African continent. With an area of 9...
Traditional Fulani hairstyles that existed for centuries
This tribe has a highly rich culture, and they know how to put up a stunning app...
Jolof Empire, one of the great ancient African Empires ...
The Jolof Empire, also known as the Wolof or Wollof Empire, was a West African s...
The history of Queen Nyabinghi, Shamanic priestess of E...
Nyabinghi or Nyabingi was a queen in Rwandan, Ugandan, and Tanzanian history. Mu...
Ethiopia celebrates New Year in September. Seven to eig...
Enkutatash is a public holiday in coincidence of New Year in Ethiopia and Eritre...
![Queen Nanny. A warrior queen raised from Ghana, liberated Jamaicans [1680 – 1730]](https://africanactionheroes.com/uploads/images/2021/09/image_380x226_6151b54cbcd48.jpg){kind=small}
Queen Nanny. A warrior queen raised from Ghana, liberat...
Historians have largely ignored Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons, focusing in...