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African apprentices learn KungFu at Shaolin Temple

African apprentices learn KungFu at Shaolin Temple

20 African apprentices graduate from China’s Shaolin Temple … Practicing martial arts, conducting physical exercises, sitting in Zen meditation and learning Chinese calligraphy, 20 apprentices from Africa have started their three-month training program at Shaolin Temple since early July. The Shaolin Temple, built in the late 5th century and located in central China’s Henan Province, […]

The Kingdom Of Kush Wealth & Trade In Ancient Times

The Kingdom Of Kush Wealth & Trade In Ancient Times

The Kingdom Of Kush traded with the rest of the world, all parts of Africa & especially The West African Kingdoms. Kush was at the trade center, that linked India, Europe, the Middle East & all parts of Africa. Such wealth made the Kush a temping target & the Egyptians routinely tried to conquer it. study.com/academy/lesson/the-kingdom-of-kush-location-events-leaders […]

How to convert sand to soil?

How to convert sand to soil?

Pasting sand to create fertile soil?  –desktopimages.org Chinese scientists have developed a method to achieve this legendary mission, which is expected to help fight desertification. A 1.6-hectare sandy plot in Ulan Buh Desert in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China, has been transformed into fertile land, yielding rice, corn, tomatoes, watermelon and sunflowers, after being […]

Haiti’s Oil Reserves Larger Than Venezuela?

Haiti’s Oil Reserves Larger Than Venezuela?

According to French scientist Daniel Mathurin, “The Central Plateau, including the region of Thomond, the plain of the cul-de-sac and the bay of Port-au-Prince are filled with oil”. He added that “Haiti’s oil reserves are larger than those of Venezuela . An Olympic pool compared to a glass of water that is the comparison to […]

The Emir of Dubai has flown $366,000 of emergency supplies to Haiti on his private jet.

The Emir of Dubai has flown $366,000 of emergency supplies to Haiti on his private jet.

He sent 90 tons of emergency supplies in his Boeing 747 to the Caribbean island in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. According to the Dubai government, the Sheikh’s wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, personally oversaw the relief mission which included tents, mosquito nets, medical supplies and water purification units. Haitians are urging people not […]

Beautiful Images: The Ancient Kingdom Of Sudan, Africa

Beautiful Images: The Ancient Kingdom Of Sudan, Africa

Ancient Nubia In November 2011, Museum Curator Alex de Voogt, Postdoctoral Fellow Vincent Francigny, and Research Associate William Harcourt-Smith set out on a Constantine S. Niarchos Expedition to Sudan. Over the course of two weeks, the team traveled some 2,000 kilometers and visited about 20 archaeological sites dating from the ancient kingdom of Meroë. Beautiful […]

Is it possible to inherit our ancestors’ memories?

Is it possible to inherit our ancestors’ memories?

After years of our ancestors trauma, how do we reconstruct ourselves?  –thefuturesagency Theories that suggest that we can tap into the deep nature of DNA to uncover ancient memories are not new. In the 1960s, some psychological researchers claimed that there may be keys that unlock our DNA, revealing experiences of generations of our relatives […]

E-V13 DNA originated in Northeastern Africa around 18,000 years ago entered Europe at some time via the Balkans?

E-V13 DNA originated in Northeastern Africa around 18,000 years ago entered Europe at some time via the Balkans?

Why the men of Abergele carry the rare marker is not yet known, but its high frequency could be due to the settlement of the town during the 1st to 4th centuries AD by Roman soldiers. –The Last Legion Movie Still- 2007 A more likely Roman genetic legacy in the British Isles lies in the […]

A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

The back story: The Chief of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now known as Botswana) Seretse Khama & his English wife, Ruth Williams that he married in 1948. It was a whirlwind romance. Seretse didn’t seek consent from his uncle because he knew it would be denied, but Ruth had to ask her father George, who argued that […]

Ancient African Mathematics: The Ishango Bone 26,000+ years old?

Ancient African Mathematics: The Ishango Bone 26,000+ years old?

Found in Sub-Sahara Africa? Older than the ancient Egyptians? “Today, however, the more than 20,000 years old Ishango bone is considered to be the first evidence of a calculator in the world, although in the Lebombo mountains of Zwaziland a similar find has been dated to 35,000 years ago. Named after the place where it was […]

Ancient African Mathematics from Ethiopia

Ancient African Mathematics from Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s ancient and advanced system of mathematics is the same sophisticated system that modern computers use today. The strange and ancient method of multiplication that Ethiopian merchants used for thousands of years is explained. Using an example of multiplying 11 by 15 and using coffee beans as counters, the method of halving the 11 and […]

Hidden Figures: The African American Women Mathematicians Who Helped NASA

Hidden Figures: The African American Women Mathematicians Who Helped NASA

Black or white, East or West, single or married, mothers or childless, women were now a fundamental part of the aeronautical-research process. –Courtesy of William Morrow Working as a research mathematician at Langley was a very, very good black job — and it was also a very, very good female job. They had learned the […]

Ancient Metal Clamp & Keystone Cuts found in Axum, Ethiopia, South of the Sahara, Africa

Ancient Metal Clamp & Keystone Cuts found in Axum, Ethiopia, South of the Sahara, Africa

 The keystone cuts were found near the tombs of King Remhai & King Kaleb? Once carved, molten metal was poured into the joint to strengthen it and stop lateral movement of ancient megalithic stones. I’m not sure as to why it seems like the general populous doesn’t know that Ethiopia has a 7,000+ year old history. I […]

The Ivory Lady of York, In 350 AD England

The Ivory Lady of York, In 350 AD England

Archaeologists have revealed the remains of what they say was a “high status” woman of African origin who lived in York during Roman times. Academics say the discovery goes against the common assumption that all Africans in Roman Britain were low status male slaves. The university’s Dr Hella Eckardt said a study of the skull’s size […]

Over 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 Black Iraqis?

Over 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 […]

Bone Fragment of a 10,000 year old Middle Eastern DNA

Bone 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 […]

Afro-Iranian?

Afro-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 […]

The campaign for the inclusion of the Afro-Chileans in statistics

The 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, […]

African Descendants Around The World

African 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 […]

Estimated 1,400,000 to 1,984,000 Afro-Mexicans

Estimated 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 […]

Top 12 Languages Spoken By Africans & African Descendants around the world.

Top 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? https://youtu.be/rUU8pLEk6nk?t=51s The most-populated nations in the world in 2050. Top 5 Useful […]

What are the countries with the highest black population outside of Africa?

What 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 […]

The Deffufa Temples in Kerma, Nubia, Sudan at least 9,500 years old?

The Deffufa Temples in Kerma, Nubia, Sudan at least 9,500 years old?

Ancient Architecture and urban planning by the Africans. One of its most endearing structure was the Deffufa, a mud brick temple which ceremonies were performed on top.  It is 18 meters tall and comprises three stories. The deffufa is a unique structure in Nubian Architecture. Three known deffufa exist. The Western Deffufa at Kerma, an Eastern […]

Africans In India as far back as the 4th century?

Africans In India as far back as the 4th century?

India and Africa have a shared history that runs deeper than is often realized. Trade between the regions goes back centuries – 4th century CE Ethiopian (Aksumite) coins have been found in southern India. Several African groups, particularly Muslims from east Africa, came to India as slaves and traders. On settling down in the country, […]

Nubian King Tantamani from Sudan

Nubian King Tantamani from Sudan

The very name Nubian (nub) actually means gold. Meet Uncle Ali-For over 25 years he has been the key holder for the gate of the Tomb of Tanutamani, and he will guide us through the royal burial chambers belonging to King Tanwetamani (Tanotamun) and Queen Kalhata at El Kurru, a few kilometers south of Karima, […]

Ex-Model & Actress: Halle Berry

Ex-Model & Actress: Halle Berry

Prince presenting Halle Berry – 42nd NAACP Image Awards. Halle Berry was recognized as best actress in a motion picture for her role in Frankie & Alice. https://youtu.be/mmXssz_O89A?t=26s She is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in the romantic […]

A photo of the Oba’s Pyramid before the 19th century in Benin, Nigeria

A photo of the Oba’s Pyramid before the 19th century in Benin, Nigeria

Please keep in mind that these photos are over 100 years old. I did the best I could, so you can see the details better. The Kingdom Of Kush traded with the rest of the world, all parts of Africa & especially The West African Kingdoms. Kush was at the trade center, that linked India, Europe, […]