Europe – Portugal
Queen Nzinga (1583-1663)
Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande), the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and...
Alfonso I [King] (?-1543)
Born Nzinga Mbemba, King Alfonso I was the leader of the Kongolese people in the early part of the 16th...
Juan Garrido (c. 1480-c.1550)
Born around 1480 in West Africa, Juan Garrido is the most prominent among the small group of African freemen who...
The Partition of Africa (1886-1914)
The Partition of Africa began in earnest with the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, and was the cause of most of...
Freddy Adu (1989- )
Soccer player Fredua Koranteng Adu, known to much of the world as Freddy Adu was born June 2, 1989 in...
Beta Israel
The Beta Israel, meaning House of Israel, are a sect of Ethiopians who practice Judaism. They have also long been referred...
The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945
In the nearly half century between 1900 and 1945, various political leaders and intellectuals from Europe, North America, and Africa...
Aleijadinho (Antonio Francisco Lisboa), 1738-1814)
Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the Aleijadinho (the “little cripple”), prominent Brazilian artist, was born in 1738 to a Portuguese architect father,...
Mali Empire (ca. 1200-1545 )
The Mali Empire was the second of three West African empires to emerge in the vast savanna grasslands located between...
