Alyssa Franz is an undergraduate at the University of Washington, Seattle, working to attain her major in history. With her goal of becoming a high school history teacher, she is pursuing different paths of history courses and has an interest in African American history.
She plans to attend the University of Washington to get a Masters’ Degree in history.
Kingdom of Benin
Benin, a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southwestern Nigeria, is believed to have been established before the eleventh century. It was founded by Edo-speaking peoples, but became more ethnically diverse when invaders from the grasslands of the Sudan settled and intermarried with local women. Based … Read MoreKingdom of Benin