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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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Remembering Fannami who...

Nigerians today remember Yakubu Fannami, a young SS1 Student in Kaleri, who gave up his life to save hundreds of worshippers from a suicide...
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Feature

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed...

It has been exactly 540 years since the passing of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II but his works and effects can still be observed today....
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Africa

Story of Thomas...

The first black slave in American with a mental calculator for a brain, the man who could solve complex maths problem in his head. An...
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Adventure

Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old...

A group of archaeologists has found the largest ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back 3,000 years. The city, named "The Rise of Aten," was discovered...
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Arts, Culture & Tourism

How British soldiers...

The Igbos in the past history had very powerful military forces with their local armour and magic charm to challenge any enemies that tried...
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Father of Western...

In the West, Adam Smith is considered to be the father of economics. He is revered both by Western academics and in Western popular...
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Meet Malam Umaru...

Malam Umaru Altine, a Fulani man from Sifawa in the Sokoto Caliphate, was elected as the first Mayor of the city of Enugu, the...
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History of Cannabis...

Cultivated primarily for its strength as a fibre and for its medicinal uses, Cannabis has even been grown for food. Some of the earliest...
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How the lone...

When explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark decided on an expedition to the Pacific Ocean in the 1800s, they talked on and on about...
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