Alessandro de’ Medici Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/alessandro-de-medici/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:52:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Distinguished Africans in the European Renaissance (Part 1 of a Series on Great African Men in European History) https://consciousness.co.za/distinguished-africans-european-renaissance-part-1-series-great-african-men-european-history/ https://consciousness.co.za/distinguished-africans-european-renaissance-part-1-series-great-african-men-european-history/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:44:17 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=8360 originally posted on AtlantaBlackStar.com Alessandro de’ Medici: First Duke of Florence and First Black Head of State in the Modern Western World We have already discussed in earlier essays the Severan Dynasty of Imperial Rome, the Moors of Spain and Kenneth the Niger of Scotland. But African blood in Europe’s royalty also appears definitely in 16th century Italy. Let us speak now [...]

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