Africa – Senegal
Dawda Kairaba Jawara (1924-2019)
Dawda (David) Jawara was the first Head of State of independent Gambia. He was born on May 16, 1924, at...
Modibo Keita (1915-1977)
Modibo Keita, the first President of Mali, was born on June 4, 1915, in Bamako-Coura, Upper Senegal and Niger (current...
Hamani Diori (1916-1989)
Hamani Diori was the first President of Niger. He was born June 6, 1916, in Soudoure, Niger, French West Africa....
Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924-1989)
Ahmadou Ahidjo was the first president of Cameroon. Ahidjo was born on August 24, 1924, at Garoua in northern Cameroon,...
Patrice Talon (1958- )
Patrice Talon was elected President of Benin (formerly known as Dahomey) in 2016 and re-elected for a second term in...
Hubert Maga (1916-2000)
Hubert Maga was the first president of Dahomey (Benin). He was born on August 10, 1916 in Parakou a city...
Black Cowboys in the 19th Century West (1850-1900)
The earliest evidence of African Americans as cattle herders (cowboys) in North America can be traced back to colonial South...
North from Mexico: The First Black Settlers in the U.S. West
The first Black settlers in what is now the western United States were Spanish speakers who came north from what...
Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928
On September 16, 1928, the Okeechobee Hurricane or Hurricane San Felipe Segundo, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in...
