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Math Gender Gap

October 5, 2020Written by sola rey

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Girls’ Math Skills May Fall Short Of Boys’ Because Of Male Impulsiveness. By: LiveScience.com, staff Published: 07/28/2012 10:45 PM EDT on LiveScience From an early age, boys tend to take a more impulsive approach to math problems in the classroom, which might help them get ahead of girls in the long-run, suggests the latest study […]

Amazing Methods of Calculation

October 4, 2020Written by sola rey

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25,000 yr old Mathematical Instrument found in Congo The oldest complex Mathematical System was found in 1950 in Eastern Congo in the region known as Ishango. It is a carved bone which consisted of notches on 3 faces on the carved bone. These notches suggests an ancient knowledge of multiplication and prime numbers using the […]

Africa’s Great Civilizations

March 17, 2017Written by sola rey

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Watch all six hours of Africa’s Civilizations on the PBS app or online! Major corporate support for Africa’s Great Civilizations is provided by Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, and Ancestry. Major funding is also provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Gilder Foundation, the Corporation for […]

Documentary, History, International News 7 Emperors Castles In Gondar, African queen, ancient African civilizations, benin, Congo, Nubian pyramids, pyramids, Satellite Imagery Uncovers Up 17 Pyramids, The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu, Wall of Zimbabwe

African nations will interconnect power grids by 2020

January 8, 2017Written by sola rey

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African nations will interconnect power grids by 2020

“Connections between Kenya and Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Egypt and Sudan are at advanced stages of being commissioned,” he stated. –okmalume.africaafrica-to-interconnect-power-grids The continent currently generates approximately 120,000 MW of power with the South Africa and Egypt as the biggest producers. He added that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s(DRC) Inga Hydro electric […]

Finance, Technology Africa, Africans, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Middle East, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

The Adungu Harp of Uganda & other African Lyres like the Kora is almost identical to the ancient Egyptian Arched harp?

October 3, 2016Written by sola rey

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The Adungu Harp of Uganda & other African Lyres like the Kora is almost identical to the ancient Egyptian Arched harp?

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HARP Elaborately decorated model arched harp: the underside of the soundbox, which is in the shape of a ladle, is rounded and finely carved. It ends in a human head, turned slightly to the left, with lengthy wig and double crown. The Adungu Harp of Uganda is strikingly similar to an example […]

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

September 2, 2016Written by sola rey

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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 […]

History, International News Congo, Math, Mathematics, Nile, Rwanda, the nile river, Uganda

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

August 5, 2016Written by sola rey

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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, […]

Dance, History, International News, Music african roots, Afro-Chilean, Afro-Latina, Angola, Congo, Easter Island, Marquesas Islands, mulatto, Polynesians, South America

Queen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda

August 5, 2016Written by sola rey

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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. […]

Beauty, Fashion, Hair, History, Royalty African Kings, African queen, ancient egyptians, Congo, female pharaoh, Rwanda, the nile river

Princess Emma Bakayishonga of Rwanda & the $2.4 million Watussi Woman artwork

April 29, 2016Written by sola rey

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Princess Emma Bakayishonga of Rwanda & the $2.4 million Watussi Woman artwork

Watussi Woman is a sublime portrait of a noblewoman in the court of HM Mwami Rudahigwa III, monarch of the Watussi in the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, then part of the Belgian Congo. In an extraordinarily fortuitous development, the identity of the sitter has been confirmed as Emma Bakayishonga in Rwanda in 1942. Famous for her […]

Beauty, Fashion, Hair, History, Photography, Royalty African queens, African royalty, Ancient Egyptian, Black Beauty, Congo, female pharaoh, Nile, Nubia, Nubian Queen, the nile river

In Search Of Maternal Ancestors

January 2, 2016Written by sola rey

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I’m not sure how accurate this is, but I thought this was interesting enough to share. I was told to use 3 separate companies for testing because each company has their own personal data base. For this result 23andMe – DNA Genetic Testing & Analysis was used. Will share the others in the near future. Try this your self […]

History, Science, Theory African American, african roots, Afro-brazilian, Angola, black brazilians, Brasil, Brazilian, Cameroon, Congo, Mali (West Africa) Pyramid, Mozambique, origins, The lady of mali, West Africa

Harpooning 80-90,000 years ago In Congo, Africa

November 6, 2015Written by sola rey

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Harpooning 80-90,000 years ago In Congo, Africa

This was discovered in 1988 by Alison Brooks and John Yellen in Katanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Modern humans make special tools for fishing. Humans in Central Africa used some of the earliest barbed points, like this harpoon point, to spear huge prehistoric catfish weighing as much as 68 kg (150 lb)–enough to feed 80 people for two days. […]

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The Kingdom of Kongo’s 15th Century Art

October 17, 2015Written by sola rey

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Kongo art at the NYC Metropolitan Museum will assemble for the first time the majority of works produced by three of Central Africa’s most talented master sculptors. This exhibition is open to the public untill January 3, 2016. Kongo society’s most gifted artists were in great demand by patrons who required their talents for the […]

ART, History African, African Art, Art, Congo

You wouldn’t believe it if you looked on the runway, at an ad campaign, or heck...anywhere, but people of color are buying more luxury goods than ever. Nielsen just released its consumer report on black Americans, and the market research firm's findings were, to say the very least, quite eye-opening. With black buying power expected to to reach $1.7 trillion by 2017, the report notes how increasingly important it's become for brands to market to black people. Sadly, getting companies to realize this has been a struggle. According to the report, $75 billion dollars was spent last year on television, magazine, internet, and radio advertising, yet only $2.24 billion was spent on media focused on black audiences. A puzzling figure indeed. Read More