In 1949, the timeline for Nigeria’s independence from Great Britain was uncertain. Yet, 45-year-old Nnamdi Azikiwe had already established himself as a prominent figure in the movement for liberation. Want to learn…
Born in 1823 and died in 1893, Mary Ann Shadd was born into a wealthy free black family in Wilmington, Delaware. However, following the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850,…
By the 1840s, several fugitive enslaved people, with Frederick Douglass being the most notable, began sharing their harrowing stories on the lecture circuit, primarily addressing abolitionist groups. Want to learn more about…
Lamine Senghor was an influential figure in the early Senegalese nationalist movement. Born in Kaolack, Senegal, in 1889, he served in the French Army from 1915 to 1919 before returning to Paris…
John Williamson Kuyé was a prominent advocate for African self-rule in the early 20th century, emerging as one of the first wave of African nationalists. Born on November 10, 1894, in Bathurst,…
John Sella Martin was born into slavery in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was later transported to Georgia, from where he successfully escaped to the North in 1856. After his escape, Martin settled…
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