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Kwararafa Federation: The Powerful State That Predated Nigeria

Think Africa Reference Guide • Nigerian History • African States Kwararafa Federation: The Benue Power That Challenged the Hausa States Kwararafa was a powerful and unusually diverse political formation centred broadly on the Benue valley of what is now central Nigeria. Its exact boundaries, capital, ethnic composition and even the meaning of the name remain […]

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Why Didn’t African Gods Save Enslaved Africans or Prevent Them from Being Captured?

Why didn’t African gods stop Africans from being captured and enslaved? The question sounds devastating until the same test is applied to everyone else. Egyptians, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Romans and Europeans were all conquered or enslaved at different points in history. This article examines African religion, Christianity, the problem of evil and the uncomfortable history of human conquest.

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Why Study African History

Why study African History? Why is it important to learn about Africa’s history? Why is it important to teach history? Why Africa is important to the world? African History important is to the world and also important to Africa. Some people don’t know that modern humans emerged from Africa. They don’t know that 15 African

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Myths About Africa: The World Can’t Work Out Reliable History Without Written Works

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.” Many educated people often perpetuate the idea that Africa had no history in the periods when certain kingdoms had no writing. And When evidence of writing is highlighted, they shift the boundaries by creating artificial distinctions between white and black Africans by using the group

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