engineering

Elijah McCoy: The Black Inventor Who Made Machines Run—and Gave Us “The Real McCoy” ⚙️

When people talk about the Industrial Revolution, they praise factories, railroads, and steam engines.What they rarely mention is the problem that nearly shut all of it down: friction. Enter Elijah McCoy—the man who figured out how to keep machines alive while they were still moving. Without him, the modern world would have stalled. Literally. From […]

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Africa’s inventions: glass-making

We all know glass, that amorphous inorganic solid substance that is usually translucent or transparent. Although glass can occur naturally, as in the case of obsidian, it is still one of the oldest and most important man-made materials in the world. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of types of glass, with their different colours and

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Kingdom of Warsangali (1218-1886AD) : spotlight on Middle Ages African global trade hub

The word “Warsangali,” in the Somali language, means “bringer of good news.” The Warsangali kingdom (Arabic: سلطنة الورسنجلي‎, Somali: Saldanadda Warsangeli) was a mighty kingdom in the North-Eastern and South-Eastern regions of Somalia including Kismayo. The kingdom was founded in northern Somalia, in 1218, by a group of Somalis from the Warsangali branch of the

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