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With their eyes and minds on eternity, the Egyptians built a society that remained constant for nearly 3000 years. Many of their monuments still attest to that permanence. Ancient eyes of monumental sculptures and the Sphinx still stare at us through the centuries. 

Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was arguably the greatest lawman and gunfighter of the West, a man who served as a marshal for 32 years in the most dangerous district in the country, captured 3,000 felons, (once bringing in 17 men at one time), and shot 14 men in the line of duty, all without ever being shot himself.

This post is about the sad story of Sarah Baartman. 

In October 1810, although illiterate, Baartman allegedly signed a contract with English ship surgeon William Dunlop and mixed‑race entrepreneur Hendrik Cesars, in whose household she worked, saying she would travel to England to take part in shows.

A post about the legendary Thomas Sankara. Captain Thomas Sankara was the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution. In the former Upper Volta known today as Burkina Faso. The revolution was launched to enable the country "to accept the responsibility of its reality and its destiny with human dignity". 

The UN Secretary‑General António Guterres has paid tribute to the achievements of African diaspora, who rose above the chains and pains of slave trade to impact humanity. Guterres, in his...

Born on April 1, 1940, in Kenya, Maathai grew up in a small village. Maathai's family decided to send her to school, which was uncommon for girls at this time. She started at primary school when she was 8 years old.

The Moors ruled and occupied Lisbon (named "Lashbuna" by the Moors) and the rest of the country until well into the twelfth century. They were finally defeated and driven out by the forces of King Alfonso Henriques. The scene of this battle was the Castelo de Sao Jorge or the 'Castle of St. George.'

In the tenth and eleventh centuries, public libraries in Europe were non‑existent, while Moorish Spain could boast of more than seventy, of which the one in Córdova housed six hundred thousand manuscripts