The Story of Yasuke: The African Samurai

Yasuke was a man of African origin who arrived in Japan in the 16th century. He is said to have been brought by a Jesuit missionary, and his imposing presence and skills quickly caught the attention of Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful daimyo of the time. Nobunaga welcomed him into his court, where Yasuke became his bodyguard and a respected samurai.

Yasuke excelled in battle and was known for his loyalty. His story is a symbol of the plurality and cultural impact that existed in Japan, even in those times.

Rita Marley, Her Ghana Citizenship and Studio One

Bob Marley’s wife, Rita Marley, has spent more than 20 years residing in Ghana 🇬🇭   In the 1990s, she relocated to Ghana with Bob Marley’s family. In 2013, she petitioned for and was granted citizenship in Ghana. Rita Marley now has a Ghanaian name — Nana Afua Abodea.In Ghana’s Aburi, she also has a home. In Accra, Ghana, Rita Marley created a studio in memory of her deceased husband, Bob Marley. 

The name of it is Studio One. In Ghana, she runs a nonprofit organization. Her foundation, The Rita Marley Foundation, supports charitable endeavors.Nana Rita Marley started her musical career in the early 1960s as a vocalist with the all-female group 

The Soulettes, which performed with the Four Tops, Johnny Nash, and other performers of the time. Her single ‘One Draw’, which she released in 1982, was a major hit in Europe but Jamaica 🇯🇲 said it was not fit for airplay. 

One Draw was the first reggae single to top the Billboard Disco chart, according to Jamaica Observer.

A feast under preparation Lakemba on the island of Lakeba, Fiji

A feast under preparation Lakemba on the island of Lakeba, Fiji, photographed between 1909 and 1914 by Arthur Maurice Hocart.

Date

Between 1909 and 1914

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TEACHING MOMENT 👇Awesome Facts- Ancient Africa

1. Africa was called Alkebulan (mother of

mankind).

2. Africa ruled the world for 15,000 years.

3. Richest man in history is an African King

(Mansa Musa).

4. Africa civilized mankind.

5. Mining started in Africa 43,000 years ago, In

1964 a hematite mine was found in Swaziland at

Bomvu Ridge in the Ngwenya mountain range.

6. Africans were the first to organise fishing.

expeditions 90,000 years ago at Katanga, Congo.

7. Africans carved the world's first colossal

sculpture 7,000 years ago.

8. The ancient Egyptians had Afro combs.

9. African Kings ruled India.

10. Africa is a home to World's oldest University.

 KNOWING your TRUE history is the beginning of wisdom.

#weloveafrica🤍

#WeAreAfrica🌍

TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR ANCESTORS INVENTED AEROPLANE ✈️

HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNT THAT IT WAS YOUR ANCESTORS THAT INVENTED THE FIRST AEROPLANE OF MODERN DAY?

I am sure this face even though it's in a black and white is obviously that of a BlackMan who looks exactly 💯 like a person who is from my race and ethnicity undoubtedly but that's not the story behind this post.

This happens to be the BlackMan who got the first patent for a flying Object of what is now called: Aeroplane ✈️ atleast 3 years before Orville and Wilbur Wright got their patent for the same category of flying Objects. 

Story behind his inventions was hijacked and erased from history so that the BlackMan will never know that modern day flying Objects was invented by his brother of same colour and race and all the credits given to the "Wright Brothers" as the inventors of modern Aeroplanes ✈️. #history #educationmatters 

Now know this and Know peace ✌️this uncle who looks just like you and I did it first and his Sl@ve name was: CHARLES FREDERICK PAGE.

He is the FATHER OF MODERN DAY AEROPLANES and not the Wright Brothers as your History told you.

His Patent No. Is "US817442A"  in case of doubters.

Whomever got the first patent predates the other and he got his patent 3 years ahead of the Wright Brothers.

The Queen of the Oukwanyama

The Queen of the Oukwanyama, in Omhedi village. Namibia 🇳🇦 She wears her official clothes, made of a real lioñ skin. The Queen lives in a palace, surrended by concentric wooden fences that designs a labyrinth.

Before entering the Palace, the visitor must announce himself by shòuting, as people are sensitive to privacy. Anyone can live in the 

Palace if the rules are followed. 32 people livè inside right nòw. 

The Queen rùles over 55 villages in Namibia.

Kandake Amanirenas was a queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Kash

Kandake Amanirenas was a queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Kash aka Ethiopia who was best known for skillfully defending her kingdom against the armies of the Roman Empire who were attempting to expand their wealth and territory after conquering Egypt from the Greeks. Unlike cleopatra, the kushite queen was successful in defeating the Roman army. 

Amanirenas led various attacks with thousands of soldiers into Roman territory and dethroned statues of emperor Augustus Caesar (24 B.C.). To show her distaste for the emperor, she beheaded a statue of him and “buried it under the entranceway of her palace so everyone could walk over her enemy”(History of Royal Women). This act is not only ironic, but also a slap in the face to Augustus Caesar, since the Nehesu will have to walk over the mighty emperor’s head walking into Kash.

Amanirenas was probably born between 60 and 50 B.C. and was the second of the eight Kandakes (Kandake or Candace meaning “great woman” and the equivalent of queen or queen mother) of the Kingdom of Kash which was located in modern-day Sudan and Ethiopia. These queens or queen mothers reigned as sole rulers of Kash. www.yourafricanation1.com.ng

Photo of Pre-Colonial (Kamba) Man in Kenya

They are Bantus, Mostly known For their Hunting skills.

Apart from Kenya 🇰🇪,They are also found in places like Tanzania 🇹🇿, Uganda 🇺🇬 and Paraguay....

The Paraguay are two Groups

(Kamba Cua' and Kamba kokue)...

The Kamba Cua' are famous for their Traditional Ballet Dance.

Africa 🌍❣️, negroes 💜, black 🖤

#history #africa #igedenation #kenya 

#roots #black #africa #history #BlackHistoryMonth

Similarities of Summerian and Ecuador Gods

Exploring the enigmatic links of ancient global connections, we find two statues that defy our historical understanding. The statue on the right represents Ninurta, the Sumerian god of war and agriculture, from Mesopotamia. 

The strikingly similar statue on the left is part of the collection of Father Carlo Crespi in Ecuador. Despite being separated by thousands of miles, these artifacts point to a remarkable parallel in cultural expressions. How did such similar representations of Ninurta appear in such distant regions of the world?

Suku Muyu Tersebar Di Tanah Papua Karena Tindakan Penjajah Belanda

1 Mei 1956 tercatat 298 orang dari Suku Muyu bekerja di Perusahaan Minyak Milik Pemerintahan Belanda yang berpusat di Sorong, dengan masa kontrak 18 bulan, kedatangan mereka ke Sorong bertahap sejak tahun 1953. jumlah diatas tidak termasuk 76 orang dari suku Mandobo yang juga bekerja di Sorong. Pada bulan yang sama 100 orang Muyu juga di pekerjakan di Hollandia yang sekarang Jayapura.

Di tahun 1955-1956 Inspektorat Tenaga Kerja pemerintahan Neiuw Guinea melakukan survei menunjukkan bahwa orang Muyu sangat mobilitas dibandingkan dengan kelompok-kelompok etnis dari tempat-tempat lain di Zuid Nieuw Ginea.

J.W. Schoorl, dalam bukunya yang berjudul "Kebudayaan dan Perubahan Suku Muyu dalam Arus Modernisasi Irian Jaya" yang terbit tahun1997 (373) , mengatakan bahwa pekerja dari suku Muyu sangat dihargai, karena mereka terbukti terampil untuk segala jenis pekerjaan, dan dapat ditemukan di lapangan kerja yang luas (sebagai mandor di anjungan minyak, sebagai pembantu rumah tangga, sebagai penjaga gudang, dan di kapal). Dari hasil survei tersebut mendapatkan jumlah orang Muyu yang berada diluar daerah Muyu pada tahun 1956 adalah sbb: Merauke 400 jiwa, Sorong 333 Jiwa, Hollandia 103 Jiwa, Port Moresby 40 jiwa.

Maka tidak heran mengapa di Merauke, Jayapura dan Sorong terdapat pemukiman dari orang Muyu, dan bahkan dijadikan nama jalan seperti di Asmat.

Selamat hari Buruh, semoga buruh semakin sejahtera sebab, kemajuan bangsa ini tidak lepas dari kontribusi para Buruh. 

Mayday

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What is my citizen?

 

1: my great grandpa was born in ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 

2: He married from BOSTWANA 🇧🇼 

3: migrated to ANGOLA 🇦🇴 

4: Due to challenges he moved to ALGERIA 🇩🇿 

5: They welcomed their first son in BENIN 🇧🇯 

6: he married second wife in BURKINA FASO 🇧🇫 

7:he was a warrior later invited in BURUNDI 🇧🇮 

8:But the wàr end up in CAMEROON 🇨🇲 

9:End up having a friend from CAPE VERDE 🇨🇻 

10: They both went for a trip to "CAR 🇨🇫 

11:Later he moved his family to CHAD 🇹🇩 

12:And my grandpa was born in COMOROS 🇰🇲 

13:his little brother later born, COTE D'IVOIRE 🇨🇮 

14: my grandpa was raised in, UGANDA

15:And he attend a school in DR CONGO 🇨🇩 

16:He pursue his education in DJIBOUTI 🇩🇯 

17: he got his master's ingeenier in EGYPT 🇪🇬 

18:his first job in Air MOROCCO 🇲🇦 

19:Their first transit in EQUATORIAL GUINEA 

20:They second transited in ERITREA 🇪🇷 

21:Their last station was GABON 🇬🇦 

22:Later went for a vacation in GAMBIA 🇬🇲 

23:He meet a lady from GHANA 🇬🇭 

24: They end up married in GUINEA 🇬🇳 

25: But she's a Graduate from KENYA 🇰🇪 

26:Her mother lives GUINEA BISSAU 🇬🇼 

27: They Both decided to live in LESOTHO 🇱🇸 

30: they went for a trip to LIBERIA 🇱🇷 

31:He called up for a new job in LIBYA 🇱🇾 

32:But heard about a vacancy in MALAWI 🇲🇼 

33:but he turned down all for one in MALI

34:His Assistance from MADAGASCAR 🇲🇬 

35: He made a new friend MAURITANIA 🇲🇷 

36: He was transferred to MAURITIUS 🇲🇺 

37:But not fit, he tried one in MOZAMBIQUE 🇲🇿 

38:End up making new home in NAMIBIA 🇳🇦 

39:They makes plans to visit NIGER 🇳🇪 

40: They were offered a job In NIGERIA 🇳🇬 

41:She went for a medical in RWANDA 🇷🇼 

42:she used An Air bus from ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 

43:Later gave birth to myfarther in SUDAN 🇸🇩 

44:they divorce,grandpa went SEYCHELLES 🇸🇨 

45:And she Went SENEGAL 🇸🇳 

46:She got married again in SOMALIA 🇸🇴 

47:He got married in South Africa 🇿🇦 

48: my father did nusery in SOMALILAND 

49:He went to his Aunt in SWAZILAND 🇸🇿 

50:He went to see wild life in TANZANIA 🇹🇿 

52 : he married from UGANDA 🇺🇬 

53:she's graduate from ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼 

54:I was born in SIERRA LEONE 🇸🇱 

So no Blàck man is fòreigner in Africa

We are 0ne

Cc: Kly Mohamedd Ali

Charles Baker was American inventor

Charles Baker was American inventor, who patented the friction heater. Baker was born into slavery on August 3, 1859, in Savannah, Missouri. His mother, Betsy Mackay, died when he was three months old, leaving him to be brought up by the wife of his owner, Sallie Mackay, and his father, Abraham Baker. He was the youngest of five children, Susie, Peter, Annie, and Ellen, all of whom were freed after the Civil War. Baker later received an education at Franklin College. His father was employed as an express agent, and once Baker turned fifteen, he became his assistant. Baker worked with wagons and linchpins, which sparked an interest in mechanical sciences. friction heater friction heater

Baker worked over the span of decades on his product, attempting several different forms of friction, including rubbing two bricks together mechanically, as well as using various types of metals. After twenty-three years, the invention was perfected in the form of two metal cylinders, one inside of the other, with a spinning core in the center made of wood, that produced the friction. Baker started a business with several other men to manufacture the heater. The Friction Heat & Boiler Company was established in 1904, in St. Joseph, with Baker on the board of directors. The company worked up to 136,000 dollars in capital, equal to nearly 6 million dollars in 2022.

During his patent application, Baker stated that the friction heat could be produced with any mode of power like wind, water and gasoline.

His device, according to him, was set to be the cheapest source of heat production at the time which made him win accolades such as ‘King of Clean Energy and ‘St. Joseph Negro Inventor.’ friction heater

“Mr. Baker claims that the particular mode of power used in creating the friction is not essential. It may be wind, water, gasoline, or any other source of energy.

“The most difficult part of the inventor’s assertions to prove is that his system will light or heat a house at about half the cost of methods now in use,” The Draftsman 1908.

After years of trials, his device was near-perfect at the time it was invented. Baker’s device was made up of two metal cylinders, with one inserted into the other. A wooden spinning core was put in the center to produce the friction.

Any notable newsreels hailed his invention. “On March 27, 1904, the New York Times’ edition identified Baker’s invention as a “Clever Negro Invention”. Other newspapers such as Daily Gazette and News-Press also published his story in 1904 indicating that his invention would “revolutionize the then heating systems.”

Baker then created a factory called The Friction Heat and Boiler Company in 1904 in St. Joseph with him as the head of board of directors.

His company employed 50 skilled and unskilled labour to produce more radiators and had about $136,000 in capital stocks.

At the time, Baker’s capital stock was a lot of money which made him an affluent and honorable man in his hometown. His loyalty to his employees made his business thrive albeit racial prejudice which sometimes posed as a threat to his finances, his business flourished.

Baker was the youngest of five children and got married in 1880 at age 21 to Carrie Carriger and they had a daughter, Lulu Belle Baker. On May 5, 1926, he died in his daughter’s home in St. Joseph.

Baker died of pneumonia on May 5, 1926, in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Family portrait, featuring a husband wife and their daughter, c. 1480–1390 B.C

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This limestone statuette features a husband, wife and their daughter together for eternity. It dates from the 18th Dynasty and was discovered in Thebes, possibly Deir el-Medina, but uncertain. 

The male is painted in traditional Egyptian red, he wears a shoulder-length wig with a fringe, and is bare chested. His fine white linen kilt (shendyt) is ankle-length and he is bare foot. Half of his face is destroyed, this could have been purposely, but was likely an accident through time. His wife wears a plaited wig parted at the middle, which rests upon her bust. She wears a white linen dress with vest-style sleeves and a usekh collar.

The daughter is literally depicted as a tiny adult, two hands upon her lap, as her parents have one hand upon their knees and the other hand resting upon the back of the other, in a loving embrace.

The male seems to be holding a lotus blossom upon his lap.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1480–1390 B.C.

Likely from Thebes

Museo Egizio. Cat. 3058.

Read more: https://egypt-museum.com/a-family-portrait/

Facts About Senegal That makes It Special

1. Senegal is a country in West Africa known for it's vibrant culture with over 20 ethnic groups.

2. The capital of Senegal is Dakar, which is the political and economic capital of Senegal and holds over 30 percent of Senegal's total population.

3. Senegal has a Pink Lake. The lake contains high concentrations of salt and bacteria that can only survive under a particular condition and gives off a pink colour when absorbing sunlight, the uniqueness of the Pink Lake has attracted a lot of Tourists to the country.

4. Senegal boasts of beautiful colonial architecture, secluded beaches blessed with world famous surf breaks, and wildlife.

5. Senegal's biggest export are peanuts and fish.

6. In 2026, Senegal might be the first African country to host the Summer Youth Olympics.

7. One of Africa's most famous dish jollof rice originated from the Wolof tribe of Senegal during the 14th-16th century.

8. The Senegalese flag has green,yellow and red vertical stripes with a central green star. These are Pan-African colours with green(along with the stars)representing hope and the country's major religion(Islam),yellow representing the riches and wealth obtained through labour and red representing the struggle for Independence, Life and Socialism.

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THE FIRST PROFESSOR IN NIGERIA!

The first professor in Nigeria was Professor Kenneth Dike (1917-1983). He was a renowned historian and academic who made significant contributions to the field of African history and culture.

Professor Dike was born in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, and received his early education in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Aberdeen in 1950 and returned to Nigeria to teach at the University College, Ibadan (now the University of Ibadan).

In 1956, Professor Dike became the first Nigerian to be appointed as a professor, serving as the Professor of History at the University of Ibadan. He was a pioneer in the field of African history and wrote several influential books, including "Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta" and "A Hundred Years of British Rule in Nigeria".

Professor Dike's achievements and contributions to education and academia have been recognized and celebrated in Nigeria and beyond. He remains a celebrated figure in Nigerian history and an inspiration to generations of scholars and academics.

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JOHN BROWN (AKA ‘FED’ AND ‘BENFORD’) (1818-1876)

John Brown (also known as “Fed” and “Benford”) of Southampton County, Virginia is best remembered as an escaped enslaved person who wrote an account of his bondage that was published in England in 1854. Brown was born about 1818 on the Betty Moore farm, three miles from Jerusalem (Courtland) on the Nottoway River. 

Due to the will of his owner, the Moore slaves were split between the daughters once they married. Brown, his mother and one brother, were taken by his new owner, James Davis, to Northampton County, Virginia in 1828.

The rising price of cotton in the 1820s prompted an increased need and value of slaves particularly in the Deep South. Accordingly, Fed was sold to Starling Finney, a slave dealer, in 1830 and taken to Georgia. There, he was eventually sold for $350 to a cotton planter. Brown in his autobiography described Thomas Stevens as whipping his slaves every day.

Young Brown tried to run away from the Stevens plantation several times. In the last attempt he was caught and described what he called bells and horns placed around his neck and a circle of iron that fits around the crown of his head. The two torture objects were held together by three iron rods or horns that stuck out three feet above his head and had bells attached at the end of each rod. The entire contraption, which weighed about fourteen pounds, dissuaded Brown from attempting to escape the plantation again.

In 1845, Stevens’s son temporarily removed the “bell and horn,” and Brown made his escape. He allowed himself to be re-captured one year later and was sold to a planter in Louisiana where he became known as Benford. Escaping once more, he made his way to Indiana where he assumed his free name, John Brown. 

With the help of Quaker conductors on the Underground Railroad, Brown moved to Canada in 1847 where he was a copper miner. In 1849 Brown moved to Josiah Henson’s Dawn Institute in Kent County, Ontario where he was a carpenter, but in 1850, he moved to England. He worked there as a carpenter and then as a herbalist until his death in 1876 at the age of 56.

John Brown told his story to Louis Alexis Chamerovzow in 1854. It was published by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society the next year. Chamerovzow explained in the Preface of the book, Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Now in England, that telling John Brown’s travails as a slave would advance the anti-slavery cause by exposing the world to the horrible life of those still held in bondage.

Brown’s expose described the break-up of slave families and the fear instilled in slaves of punishment and exploitation, and cruel and severe treatment. The main message, however, was that John Brown never gave up his hope of freedom. When he was able to break his own chains of slavery, he proved that he was a man equal to all others. He advanced himself by his own exertions, and set an example for others of his race to follow.