Kayomi Wada
B.A. from the University of Washington in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences concentrating in Arts, Media, and Culture
Kayomi Wada is a M.A. student at the University of Washington Tacoma. She earned a B.A. from the University of Washington in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences concentrating in Arts, Media, and Culture. She is currently researching Japanese American and African American communities in the Pacific Northwest.
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Loria Raquel Dixon Brautigam ( ? – )
The first black person elected to the Nicaraguan National Assembly, Loria Raquel Dixon Brautigam was elected to represent the North Atlantic Autonomous...
Lalibela, Ethiopia (ca. 1200- )
Lalibela, a small city of approximately 15,000 people located in the Wollo Province of the Amhara Region of Northern Ethiopia,...
Rift Valley in East Africa (ca. 5,000,000 B.C.E.)
Site of some of the oldest hominid fossils, The Great Rift Valley in East Africa refers to a massive land depression,...
El Mina São Jorge da Mina
El Mina, a fortress erected by the Portuguese in what is now Ghana in 1482, was the first permanent structure...
University of Liberia (1863- )
In 1851, the national legislature of Liberia authorized the establishment of Liberia College which is now the second oldest institution...
Dean Oliver Barrow (1951- )
On February 7, 2008, Belize elected Dean Barrow as its first black Prime Minister. Born March 2, 1951, in Belize...
Achimota College/Achimota School (1924- )
Achimota College was founded in Achimota, Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1924 by Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser,...
Makerere University (1922– )
In 1922 the British colonial government in Uganda founded a small vocational school, which would eventually become Uganda’s lone institution...
Fourah Bay College (1827- )
On February 16, 1827, The Church Missionary Society (CMS) founded Fourah Bay College, the first college in West Africa. The...
