GLOBAL AFRICAN HISTORY
GLOBAL AFRICAN HISTORY
The following are short descriptions of individuals, places and events which have contributed to the shaping of Global African history. These encyclopedia entries serve as a starting point for much more inclusive descriptions and discussions that appear in other sources. For additional information please consult the print or website sources cited in the entry.
Barack Obama’s Second Swearing In Ceremony 2013
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Judith, Queen of the Falashas (10th c.)
Few scholars have seriously attempted to examine the origin and life of the 10th-century Black Jewish woman from the tribe...
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu (1964- )
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu, a human rights activist, broke barriers in Ethiopia when, in 2018, she became the first woman to...
Asnaketch Worku (1935-2011)
Actress, composer, vocalist, dancer, and harpist Asnaketch Worku is also known as Asnaqètch Wèrqu. She was born in 1935 in...
Glanis Changachirere (1983- )
Glanis Changachirere is a Zimbabwean feminist, human rights activist, and scholar. Changachirere is the founding Director of the Institute for...
The Saga of James Lloydovich Patterson: Child Film Star, Naval Officer and Poet
In the following article, Amy Ballard, Senior Historic Preservation Specialist Emerita, Smithsonian Institution, describes the life of Russian-born James Lloydovich...
George Tynes (1908-1982)
Soviet agricultural specialist and one of the first popularizers of turkey breeding in the USSR, George Tynes, was born in...
Benoni Wilfred Urey (1957- )
Politician, philanthropist, and investor Benoni Wilfred Urey is one of the wealthiest Liberians and the founder of Lonestar Cell Mobile...
Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh (1956- )
Her Honor Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh, Liberia’s first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was appointed in 2013....
The Obas of Benin (1200 to the present) : A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries
In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule...
