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When Black Ruled The World

Consciousness Admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:02:46 +0000

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Dr Yosef Ben Jochannan ~ Black Man Wake Up!!!

Consciousness Admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:20:45 +0000

Africana studies professor Yosef Alfredo Antonio ben-Jochannan was born on December 31, 1918 in Ethiopia to a Puerto Rican woman, Julia Matta and an Ethiopian man, Kriston ben-Jochannan. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to St. Croix, part of the United States Virgin Islands, where he grew up as an only child. ben-Jochannan attended [...]

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Jesus Explained Dr John H Clarke and Ishakamusa Barashango African Spiritual Concepts

Consciousness Admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:17:25 +0000

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Black explorers we should celebrate instead of Columbus

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:48:46 +0000

Source: http://thegrio.com/ and written by Ronda Racha Penrice There was a time when Christopher Columbus was heavily pushed and accepted as the greatest explorer of this side of the globe. Never mind the little detail of how one could “discover” a place where people already live. But because Europeans long ago staked claim as the dominant voice, [...]

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Pemulwuy

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:15:53 +0000

Pemulwuy was a courageous resistance fighter who led a guerrilla war against the British settlement at Sydney Cove from 1788 through to 1802. Because of his resistance to the invaders, he became one of the most remembered and written about historical figures in Australian Aboriginal history. Pemulwuy was a Bidjigal man from the Botany Bay [...]

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5 Eurocentric Myths About Black History, and Pictures That Disprove Them

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:45:10 +0000

Source: Atlantablackstar.com It Was Europeans Who Carried Civilization to ‘Primitive Africans’ Not only were African people the first people on the planet, but there is plenty of evidence to show that Black people built and maintained many of the world’s earliest and most magnificent civilizations. The Greeks are considered by many Euro-American scholars to be [...]

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10 African Kingdoms No One Talks About But Should

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:28:09 +0000

Source: Atlantablackstar.com Bornu Empire (1380–1893) The Bornu Empire was a state of what is now northeastern Nigeria. It was a continuation of the great Kanem Empire founded centuries earlier by the Sayfawa Dynasty. In time, it would become even larger than Kanem, incorporating areas that are today parts of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Sao [...]

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7 Medieval African Kingdoms Everyone Should Know About

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:28:12 +0000

Source: Atlantablackstar.com While Europe was experiencing its Dark Ages, a period of intellectual, cultural and economic regression from the sixth to the 13th centuries, Africans were experiencing an almost continent-wide renaissance after the decline of the Nile Valley civilizations of Egypt and Nubia. The leading civilizations of this African rebirth were the Axum Empire, the [...]

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Two Ancient Tombs Discovered Near Luxor Show the Breathtaking Majesty and Artistry of Ancient Egyptians

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:20:35 +0000

Source: Atlantablackstar.com In a breathtaking discovery, a team of American archaeologists discovered two beautiful ancient tombs in the southern city of Luxor belonging to Amenhotep, guard of the temple of Egyptian deity Amun, and his son. It is a stunning find, considering how much attention and visitation the historic city of Luxor typically draws. The [...]

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8 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Richest Man in History, Mansa Musa

Consciousness Admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:09:17 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Richest Man to Ever Live Emperor Mansa Musa I, an African king from the late 13th century, is considered the richest person to ever live, with an estimated net worth of $400 billion, according to www.celebritynetworth.com, above the noted Sam Walton, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates combined wealth. Appointed to the Throne Musa [...]

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