Africa – Morocco
José Prudencio Padilla Lopez (1784-1828)
Born March 19, 1784 in the northern coastal territory of La Guajira, Colombia, José Padilla is recognized as one of...
African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a...
Tripoli, Libya (7th Century BCE- )
Tripoli has been the capital of Libya since its independence in 1951. Tripoli is the largest city in the country...
Casablanca, Morocco (circa 13th Century)
Casablanca (al-Dar al-Bayda in Arabic; “white house” in English) is Morocco’s center of cultural and commercial activity and one of...
Africans at Hadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall, named after Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), was built between 122 and 128 AD as the frontier fortification...
Eugene James “Jacques” Bullard (1895-1961)
Eugene James (Jacques) Bullard, the first African American combat aviator, was known as the “black swallow of death” for his...
Gao, West Africa (ca. 1450- )
The city of Gao, situated near the north bend of the Niger River, served as the capital city of the...
Thomas Sankara (1949-1987)
Thomas Sankara, political leader of Burkina Faso in the 1980s, was born on December 21, 1949 in Yako, a northern...
Joseph-Désiré/ Mobutu, Sese Seko Kuku Waza Banga Mobutu (1930-1997)
Joseph Mobutu, named Joseph-Désiré Mobutu at birth, was the second president of Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo)...
