Oyotunji Village
Introducing Oyotunji Village
We want to use the opportunity of Black History Month (BHM) to recognize a vital piece of black history. Established in 1970 in Sheldon, South Carolina, by Walter Eugene King,…
Igbo Landing of 1803
Igbo Landing of 1803 We seize the opportunity of Black History Month (BHM) to recognize a powerful story of resistance - Igbo Landing. In May 1803, one of the largest…
Before Rosa Parks Was Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji was among the early generation of Africans who played a significant role in the fight for equality in America. Three years before Rosa Parks, Olatunji had protested racial…
August Agboola Browne
August Agboola Browne
August Agboola Browne is one of the most celebrated patriots in Poland. He was born on 22 July, 1895, to Wallace and Josephina Browne in Lagos, Nigeria. At a young…
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, perhaps the most celebrated African writer of all time, was born on November 16, 1930, and died on March 21, 2013. Achebe, who hailed from the town…
Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti
Fumilayo Ransome Kuti
Our biggest heroes were once children. Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born in 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. She was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist. During the…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela the Legend
Fela Ransome Kuti (Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome Kuti) was one of the most recognizable names in music. Born on 15 October 1938 and died on 2 August 1997, Fela was…
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Madam President
By Dr. Millicent Odunze-Geers Our biggest heroes were once children. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, born in 1938, is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from…
Olaudah Equiano
THEY CAME BEFORE US
(1) Olaudah Equiano: The Father of American Autobiography In his acclaimed autobiography, Olaudah Equiano [Ọlaụda Ikwuanọ] told of his early childhood in Iseke, a community in the Igbo…