The traditional African roots of twerking [Videos]
2018年2月14日 · Twerking, the hip thrusting, waist wining, booty popping dance most prominent in hip-hop videos, became widely popular when DJ Jubilee combined the words “twist” and “jerk” in his song, Do ...
10 Black historical figures who changed the World
2023年7月6日 · Toussaint Louverture (1743 – 1803) Photo Credit: M.de Montfayon, Wikimedia Commons. Toussaint Loverture was the leader of the slave uprising in Haiti.
How did Africa really get its name? - Face2Face Africa
2018年6月24日 · For a long time, the origin of the name “Africa” has been a subject of dispute as many historians have not been able to come to an agreement on how the continent got its name. The word ...
The shocking history of enslavement of 1.5 million white …
2018年5月30日 · The Barbary pirates were known to have demanded tributes or ransoms from American and Swedish vessels in the Mediterranean Sea or attack European and American ships, especially in Baltimore ...
The fascinating history and culture of the Ewe in Ghana, Togo, …
2020年7月4日 · The Ewe thus migrated from Ketu also called ‘Amedzofe’, a Yoruba town in modern Benin.The Yoruba founded Ketu by the fourteenth century. While some lived at Tado in present-day Togo from where ...
How Michael Jackson struggled with vitiligo and turned white
2018年8月29日 · As the world celebrates World Vitiligo Day on June 25, one person whose condition was a mystery to many comes to mind. This was the King of Pop Michael Jackson who coincidentally died on the same ...
Interesting things about the Somba African tribe
2018年9月25日 · The Batammariba. Long before the introduction of genital enlargement procedures and products, the Batammariba, also known as the Somba people from Togo and Benin— were experts in the enlargement ...
Exploring the Complex ‘Love’ Affairs Between Enslaved Black Men …
2020年2月5日 · Delve into the controversial and complex relationships between enslaved Black men and rich White women during slavery ️ This article examines the dynamics of power, exploitation, and forbidden ...
Africans who played an active role in the Transatlantic slave trade
2018年12月2日 · There were recorded protests by West African chiefs and traders after the abolition of slave trade. According to Nigerian author Tunde Obadina: “When Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 ...
The Truth Behind Black Africans with Blue Eyes - Face2Face Africa
2016年5月31日 · Professor Hans Eiberg and his team studied this at the University of Copenhagen. They studied the genes of 800 men and women with blue eyes and concluded that all of them had the exact same gene ...