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...
June 16th, 2009

Alfonso I [King] (?-1543)
Born Nzinga Mbemba, King Alfonso I was the leader of the Kongolese people in the early part of the 16th...
June 10th, 2009

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...
February 24th, 2009

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...
February 21st, 2009

Freddy Adu (1989- )
Soccer player Fredua Koranteng Adu, known to much of the world as Freddy Adu was born June 2, 1989 in...
August 15th, 2008

Beta Israel
The Beta Israel, meaning House of Israel, are a sect of Ethiopians who practice Judaism. They have also long been referred...
July 30th, 2008

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...
July 30th, 2008

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,...
June 29th, 2008

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...
June 29th, 2008