Alys Beverton
Alys Beverton is an undergraduate at the University of Sussex, England, with a particular interest in African American history. She is currently attending the University of Washington, Seattle, as an exchange student for one year. Upon completion of her degree in 2010, she hopes to continue on in academics and pursue a master’s degree in American history.
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Organization of African Unity (1963-2002)
The Organization of African Unity (OAU, 1963-2002) was an alliance of independent African nations working to enhance cooperation between the...
Julius K. Nyerere (1922-1999)
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika and one of the founders of Tanzania, was born April...
African Union (2002- )
The African Union (AU) is an alliance of 53 African states that aim to advance and integrate Africa as a...
James Africanus Beale Horton (1835-1883)
James Horton, African surgeon, soldier and nationalist, challenged prevailing views on the inferiority of Africans and proposed ideologies for African...
Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther (1809-1891)
Samuel Adjai (or Ajayi) Crowther was the first bishop of Niger and the first Black bishop in the Anglican Church....
Recaptives
Recaptives, or Liberated Africans, were slaves freed by the British Royal Navy, which intercepted illegal slaving ships leaving Africa after...
Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
The Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879, was the first engagement of the Anglo-Zulu War and would prove to be a...
Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu (1931-2021)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, leader of the South African Anglican Church for ten years and campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, was born on October 7th, 1931 in...
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (1928- )
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Zulu Chief and one of the founders of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), was born August 27, 1928...
Maji Maji Uprising (1905-1907)
The Maji Maji Uprising in Tanganyika was the most significant African challenge to German colonial rule during the brief period...
Koko Taylor (Cora Walton), (1928-2009)
Koko Taylor, dubbed the “Queen of the Blues,” was one of the most revered female blues singers in history. She...
Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones) (1924-1963)
Dinah Washington, legendary singer and ‘Queen of the Blues,’ was born Ruth Lee Jones on August 29, 1924. Born in...
