by HISTORY | Jun 7, 2021 | AFRICAN HISTORY
Beforetoday’sname ‘Africa’, our continent was called with different names by our forefathers. These names are explained below; Afrika: Similar to the native words, Kongo (Congo) and Akkra (Accra), it is reported that original Afrikan languages spelled Afrika with a...
by HISTORY | Jun 7, 2021 | AFRICAN HISTORY, Uncategorized
Withhislaid-back demeanor, most wouldn’t guess that Dr. Olurotimi Badero, 43, is one of the most knowledgeable medical minds in Mississippi. As the only combined cardiologist and nephrologist in the United States, Badero is a coveted commodity in his field, yet...
by HISTORY | May 29, 2021 | AFRICAN HISTORY, Uncategorized
Five protesters were arrested after attempting to seize an African funerary object from Paris’s Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac with the hopes of returning it to Africa. While the museum was open on Friday, the protesters made a 30-minute video documenting the...
by HISTORY | May 29, 2021 | AFRICAN HISTORY, Uncategorized
The Nigerian architect Olajumoke Adenowo argues that building museums will be vital for the future of Africa where 60 percent of the population is under 25. There is perhaps no greater example of the horrors of colonialism than Leopold II of Belgium’s reign in the...
by HISTORY | May 29, 2021 | AFRICAN HISTORY, Uncategorized
MANY post-colonial African museums share a common history as derivative by-products of colonialism.In colonial times, local indigenous populations in pre-independent Africa were sidelined from museum activities, discouraged and prevented from visiting these...
