Month: April 2019

​Ghana’s own has made history at WrestleMania 35.

Source: Kofi Kingston Is the First African-Born Wrestler to Win a WWE Championship – OkayAfrica

From Elon Musk to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, these talks will change everything you thought you knew about the world around you in under 20 minutes.

Source: Mind-expanding TED Talks to watch if you have 20 minutes to spare – Business Insider

‘WHITE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR LAND’

During the Mugabe presidency, his government seized the farmlands that were stolen by whites during the colonial era and returned the land to Black Zimbabweans.

4,500 white farmers had to rightfully give back the land which was then disbursed to 300,000 Black families.
The move by Mugabe was the right thing to do and a great precedence for the rest of Africa to follow, however, it did not sit well with the west as their interest is to see white dominance in every country around the world with a Black majority.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government sees the paying of compensation to white farmers as key to mend ties with the West who stopped trading with Zimbabwe once Mugabe began the land reform movement.

Source: No reparations for slavery but white farmers in Zimbabwe will receive compensation.

Just one hour south of Copenhagen, in a preserved forest called Gisselfeld Klosters Skove, a treetop walkway connected to a 148-foot-tall observation

Source: This New Spiral Path in the Middle of the Forest Lets You Walk Among the Treetops in Denmark | Travel + Leisure

Fry bread wasn’t part of the Native American diet until we were forced into prison camps.

Source: Native American fry bread is the food of our oppression. It’s also delicious, so we’re reclaiming it.

Learn why non-profits such as The Last Mile and Family Independence Initiative have joined forces with the organization.

Source: Stand Together is Supercharging Social Entrepreneurs to Combat Poverty

The “War Of The Golden Stool” or the “Yaa Asantewaa War” began on this day in Ghana after British rulers insulted the proud Ashanti tribe in 1900. The British Imperial government of the Gold Coast and the Empire of Ashanti clashed over the tribe’s Golden Stool throne, and a woman, Yaa Asantewaa, led her people…

Source: Fearless Yaa Ansantewaa led the Ashanti war against the British over the Golden Stool on this day in 1900 – Face2Face Africa

In honor of Nipsey’s leadership in his community as well as his memory, several Los Angeles gangs came together for a unity meeting.

Source: Nipsey Hussle’s Death Brought L.A. Gang Leaders Together for a Unity Meeting | Complex

People really should avert their gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and also look at how folks 150 years ago did it

Source: The Lost Ways

Located in what is now Senegal and parts of Mauritania, the Waalo kingdom was one of the strongest and oldest kingdoms in Senegal existing since the 11th century. Before the invasion of the Arabs, the people practised the matrilineal system which gave women equal rights and privileges as men. On October 1, 1846, Princess Ndaté…

Source: Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, the last queen of Senegal who fought off the French, Arabs and Moors – Face2Face Africa