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Historic depiction of native nations’...

Historic depiction of native nations’ emotional dispossession...

Brigadier Benjamin Adesanya “Maja” Adekunle:...

Brigadier Benjamin Adesanya “Maja” Adekunle: Tender but...

Historic depiction of native nations’ emotional dispossession and enduring resilience

Historic depiction of native nations’ emotional dispossession and enduring resilience Story by Tawheed Yakub This powerful and emotional photograph, taken in 1948, captures a deeply painful moment in Native American history. The man seen wiping away tears is George Gillette, chairman of the Fort Berthold Indian Tribal Business Council. Read also: African Literature and the passage of the Aku Uka, by Andrew Agbese Sitting beside him is U.S. Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, signing a contract that would force the sale of 155,000 acres of tribal land in North Dakota to the...
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The Kanuri Empire,...

This Islamic empire came into existence in the ninth century, when the Kanuri succeeded in imposing their authority on the politically disunited and scattered...
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Nicholas Sa'id, the...

Although Said suspected that he was doomed to be a slave or a servant after his kidnapping by Tuaregs (Berbers) - he calls them...
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The Gani Fawehinmi...

Gani collected the court papers and looked at the claims. He looked at his client. He looked again at the claims. Chief Abioro was not...
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Nigeria: January 15...

By Bolaji Adebiyi January the 15th, 1966 is no ordinary date in Nigeria's history. On this fateful day, precisely fifty years ago, Nigeria’s socio-political and...
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The Gani Fawehinmi...

It was in 1974 that the news broke. Chief Bolarinwa Abioro, the Balogun of Ipokia, the Chairman of African Songs Limited, had taken his...
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The Gani Fawehinmi...

Gani Fawehinmi was  the best legal mind of his time in Africa but he was not even the best in his University days,  truthfully,...
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The  First 30...

Date: June, 1959 Left to right sitting: Captain Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, Captain Philip Effiong, Captain Umeh Ogere Imo, Major Samuel Adesoji Ademulegun, Major Wellington Bassey,...
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