Did this African Queen exist in ancient times or is this a legend? Once upon a time, in Somalia, there was a kingdom ruled by a strong and beautiful queen. The Queen’s name was Ebla Awad, but everybody knew her as “Queen Arraweelo.” The Queen came to power around AD 15 after a long war between Somali clans. […]
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Great Athlete: Serena Williams
Nationality: American Ethnicity: African descent. She is 5’9 Ft tall. Williams was the highest paid female athlete in 2016, earning $28.9 million in prize money and endorsements. In addition to English as her native language Williams also speaks conversational French, and knows some Spanish and Italian. At the 2013, 2015, and 2016 French Open she […]
Read MoreGreat Olympic Athlete: Florence Griffith-Joyner aka Flo-Jo
Nationality: American Ethnicity: African American She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand and have yet to be seriously challenged. Olympic gold medalist Joyner brought style to track and field with form-fitting bodysuits, […]
Read MoreAncient Wunmonije Bronze Heads
Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria Dating from the 12th to 15th centuries A,D. The Wunmonije heads at the British Museum in 1948. Published in Drewal (H.J.) & Schildkrout (E.), Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria, 2009: p. 4, fig. 2 Professor John Picton and metallurgist Paul Craddock discuss the meaning and the making […]
Read MoreBegon II, Chad, Africa
Begon II is an historic metallurgical site in a remote valley in southern Chad. It is about 30 miles from the nearest town, Bessao. This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 21, 2005 in the Cultural category. People mined the valley for iron between the 9th and 11th centuries […]
Read More16th century ancient ruins of Ouara in Chad, Africa
The ruins of Sultan Ibn Abdel-Kerim Djame’s palace date back to the 16th century. They include a large wall mural; the residences of the Sultan, his concubines and the princes’ wives; and a watchtower. Ouara (or Wara) is the former capital of the Ouaddai Empire lying near Abéché in eastern Chad. It has been deserted […]
Read MoreQueen Nefertiti
An Egyptian queen renowned for her beauty, Nefertiti ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, during the mid-1300s B.C. Little is known about the origins of Nefertiti, but her legacy of beauty and power continue to intrigue scholars today. Her name is Egyptian and means “a beautiful woman has come.” Worship of the Sun God Nefertiti and […]
Read MoreHead of a Statue of a Queen
Some people think it’s Nefertiti or one of her daughters Meritaton or Anchesenpaaton? Although the eye liner and lipstick are faint in color, I still love ancient make-up. Simply beautiful. Head of a statue of Queen Merit-Aton? Dynasty 18. C.1340-1335 B.C. Quartzit. From Amarna. Gift of James Simon, 1920. Egyptian Museum in the Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany. […]
Read MoreOver 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 Black Iraqis?
Black Iraqis in the southern province of Basra are complaining of discrimination, saying they are not fairly represented in the state. African Iraqis have lived in the country for centuries and now number more than one million. –Al Jazeera with English Sub-titles. Most Afro-Iraqis are the descendants of sailors, traders and slaves that were brought […]
Read MoreBone Fragment of a 10,000 year old Middle Eastern DNA
Scientists from Europe, the United States and Iran who examined the DNA of 9,000 to 10,000-year-old bone fragments discovered in a cave near Eslamabad, 600 kilometers (370 miles) southwest of the Iranian capital of Tehran, found they belonged to a man with black hair, brown eyes and dark skin? Click map to view larger image […]
Read MoreCuneiform Tablets In Persepolis?
This image and others depicts different people from distant lands all in one work. 23 nations in all carved into this stair way. Scholars discovered that the people with the Ivory Tusk are Ethiopians, there were also Arabs, Shiites, Assyrians & Indians with donkeys bearing gifts. Source: Discovery History Channel documentary Uncovered in the debris of […]
Read MoreCuneiform writings were found in Upper Egypt at Amarna
An example of an interesting cuneiform collection is the Amarna Letters. These letters were found in Upper Egypt at Amarna and there are 382 known tablets in total. The letters are mostly diplomatic correspondence between the Ancient Near East and Egypt and contain a structure for the first known diplomatic system. Cuneiform is considered the […]
Read MoreAfro-Iranian?
An introduction to a photo book by German-Iranian photographer Mahdi Ehsaei depicting the little known minority of Afro-Iranians in South Iran in fascinating portraits. Afro-Iran shows a side of Iran, which is widely unknown even to Iranians: a minority of people who influenced the culture of a whole region by continuing their African heritage with […]
Read MoreThe campaign for the inclusion of the Afro-Chileans in statistics
Afro-Chileans Aren’t Done Fighting for Representation Campaign for the INCLUSION of Afro-descendant people in Chile in response to the discriminatory act that Chile’s National Institute of Statistics did to EXCLUDE the Afro-Chilean people in the upcoming 2017 National Census. With this racist act, the Chilean state violates various international treaties with respect to human rights, […]
Read MoreQueen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda
Queen Gicanda was the wife of Rwandan Mwami (King in the Kinyarwanda language) Mutara III of Rwanda. After her husband died in mysterious circumstances in 1959, the Rwandan monarchy lasted only two more years, under the leadership of Mwami Kigeli V of Rwanda and then coming to an end in 1961. This Queen looks similar to Princess Emma Bakayishonga. […]
Read MoreAre there really 149,493 to 2,000,000 Afro-Argentinians in existence today?
What about Brazil’s neighbor, Argentina? Hundreds of thousands of Africans were brought there as well – yet, the black presence in Argentina has virtually vanished from the country’s records and consciousness. Others claim something more nefarious at work. Tellingly, Sarmiento wrote in his diary in 1848: “In the United States… 4 million are black, and […]
Read MoreAfrican Descendants Around The World
“A picture is worth a thousand words” is an English idiom. It refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image or that an image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does. Pakistan In pictures: Pakistan’s indigenous African community news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia […]
Read MoreA few random images of Rome’s catacombs frescoes
A list of Ancient Rome’s Catacombs with interesting images. If you ever have the time to visit Italy, I suggest you go see this yourself. The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, underground burial places under Rome, Italy, of which there are at least forty, some discovered only in recent decades. […]
Read MoreMan & Zebra in Byzantine mosaic, Turkey
’Black man and zebra in Byzantine mosaic in Urfa.’ Tesserae (mosaic stones) made of rocks from the riverbed of the Euphrates were used to depict a black man leading a zebra. –helenmilesmosaics.org The 5/6 th century floor mosaic can be found in the “Villa of the Amazons”, a palatial house, that probably belonged to an […]
Read MoreFrom 6th BC Ethiopian sculpture in Sicily?
Ethiopian in Megara Hyblaia, 6thc. BC. Beautiful life like ancient Sculpture via Archaeologia dei Nebrodi. Italian Region: Sicily Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, is just off the toe of Italy’s boot. It has been a crossroads of cultures for 3,000 years, a history reflected in its diverse architecture, cuisine and ancient ruins. Palermo, […]
Read MoreSamson wrestling with the lions
Curious looking image. Location: Rome, Catacomb della Via Latina. Technique: Fresco –uralprosvet.ru Artist: Paleo-Christian (5th century ) Early Christian art, also called Paleo-Christian art or primitive Christian art, architecture, painting, and sculpture from the beginnings of Christianity until about the early 6th century, particularly the art of Italy and the western Mediterranean. (Early Christian art […]
Read MoreThe Ships of the Great Pharaohs 5,000 years old?
Documentary on Reconstructing The Ancient Egyptian Ships. This documentary is very interesting and entertaining. All of the documentaries you will find on this channel will challenge your mind. Khufu Boat Museum – Supreme Council of Antiquities – Museums –Funeral of a Mummy by Frederick Arthur Bridgman dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5-000-year-old-wooden-boat-used-pharaohs-discovered –Boat model, painted wood. Egyptian Civilization, Middle Kingdom. Paris, […]
Read MoreThe Phoenicians
Their major trade routes were by sea to the Greek islands, across southern Europe, down the Atlantic coast of Africa, and up to ancient Britain. In addition, Arabia and India were reached via the Red Sea, and vast areas of Western Asia were connected to the homeland via land routes where goods were transported by […]
Read MoreForgotten or Unknown: Virgin Islands Hull Bay Skeletons Dated 1250 AD?
Two skeletons of Negro males have been recovered from a grave in Hull Bay near the Danish Virgin Islands. Controversial theory as to how the bones came to be. Read More Analysis of the Hull Bay Skeletons – St. Croix Archaeology Archaeological Reports . – Google News From the The Virgin Islands Daily News – Aug 1, 1975 […]
Read MoreBook: The Golden Trade Of The Moors
The late Edward William Bovill was a historian and author of numerous books. Published by: Cambridge University Presson behalf of the International African Institute An account of the golden trade of the Moors, and a source book on Saharan trade routes, caravan organization and Sudanese history. The author covers anthropology and economic geography as well as history, […]
Read MoreEstimated 1,400,000 to 1,984,000 Afro-Mexicans
The black people ‘erased from history’ – BBC News More than a million people in Mexico are descended from African slaves and identify as “black”, “dark” or “Afro-Mexican” even if they don’t look black. In Mexico’s remote Costa Chica area near the Pacific ocean feel ignored and neglected by the state. A lot of Mexicans […]
Read MoreFound in a Brazilian cave “The Luzia Woman” is 11,500 years old
This skull caused a stir of controversy around it. Some of the general public are passionately against the scientific and anthropologist findings till this day. The fossilized cranium has now been identified by Brazilian scientists as the oldest human remains ever recovered in the Western Hemisphere. An Ancient Skull Challenges Long-Held Theories – NYTimes.com Anthropologists have […]
Read MoreTop 12 Languages Spoken By Africans & African Descendants around the world.
List In Random Order 1- English 2- French 3- Arabic 4- Swahili 5- Portuguese 6- Spanish 7- Hausa 8- Oromo 9- Yoruba 10- Igbo 11- Amharic 12- Zulu As the world develops, certain languages will die out while others will thrive. So which languages will dominate in the future? The most-populated nations in the world in 2050. Top 5 Useful & […]
Read MoreWhat are the countries with the highest black population outside of Africa?
Here are the largest 17 African diaspora populations in the world. The African diaspora refers to the communities throughout the world that have resulted by descent from the movement in historic times of peoples from Africa, predominantly to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and among other areas around the globe. In the Americas, the […]
Read MoreTheorizing Ancient Solar Flare or Sola Rays that possibly scorched our Skin & Hair?
I’m just theorizing if it was a gradual process or unexpected and extreme that lead us looking the way we do today.- Sola The Sun’s Wrath: Worst Solar Storms in History A similar event could wreak significant havoc today. That’s because our modern technology, including satellites, radio transmissions and power grids, could be seriously hampered […]
Read More930,000 to 2,000,000 African Descendants in Peru, South America?
In November 2009, Peru became the first Latin American country to apologize to its citizens of African descent for a history of oppression. In urban areas Afro-Peruvians were cooks, laundresses, maids, handymen, and gardeners. In some cases, they worked in the navy, hospitals, churches and charitable institutions. In 1587, 377 people of African descent worked […]
Read MoreAMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS
Lost or forgotten History U.S. Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African-American to serve as a state senator, representing Mississippi in 1870. Blacks And The Founding Father – PBS ‘Glenn Beck’: Founders’ Friday: African-American Founders … Reconstruction and Beyond: The 8 African-American Senators America’s Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early … History books are […]
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