GEMS of Africa

25/05/2024

Africa Day was Ace!!

We made good, with the Lord Mayor visiting the Gems of Africa Stall.

Then there was networking. Lots and lots of networking.

Go Africa!

Tikhala Chimpango, Mhla Musha Edith, Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni

20/05/2024

This year's AFRICA day falls on Saturday the 25th of May and the theme is "Educate an African for the 21st Century".

Gift your children with AFRICA literature, books written to detail the lives of Queen Nzinga and Mansa Musa with a purpose of evoking and invoking greatness.

04/03/2024

Did you know that books are idea containers? It is no wonder that the month of March has been dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of literacy. So celebrate the love of books in school and at home with Gems of Africa books found at Amazon. The children will be thrilled and will thank you for buying them these 2 books to read this MARCH.


Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni
Mhla Musha Edith
Tikhala Chimpango

#2024 Literature Month

Gems of Africa is a group of intentional retelling stories of Africa.

01/10/2023

Gems of Africa is proud to present to you

Queen Nzinga, The Tale of an African Warrior.

The book is now available at
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Nzinga-African-Warrior-Africa/dp/B0CK3MYGPV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T2JC1AC818XE&keywords=queen+nzinga&qid=1696181139&sprefix=%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

We want to thank everyone who has supported us on this journey. Thanks also to everyone who graced our event on the 30th of September 2023.

Sneak preview below

Tikhala Chimpango, Mhla Musha Edith Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni

04/09/2023

Queen Nzinga, the African Warrior

This year GEMS of Africa we are hosting a "Black excellence Lunch" where we are also launching our second book as we honour one of African greats, " Queen Nzinga, the African Warrior" who fearlessly stood and protected her people against the subjugation of the Portuegese.

A story every child and adult needs to read about. Tickets go live today and contact us to book your space.




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14/07/2023

There is an African proverb which goes “only when the lions have historians, the hunters cease to be heroes”. With its history of slave trade and colonisation the present state of Africa throws light on the past. History is vital as a tool for change and history is about identity, self-respect and reclaiming of Africans own narrative (reconstructing African history from an African perspective).
The African continent in the olden days by and large, was neither inferior, nor weaker than the rest of the Old World. The unequal development within Africa was not any worse than that north of the Sahara, on both sides of the Mediterranean.

Africans have gone through various life's metamorphoses beginning with slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Starting in the 16th century, Africa has witnessed an increasing European influence on the continent which has been driven by trade, including the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, which created large African diaspora populations in America.

In the late 19th century, European countries colonized almost all of Africa except for one, Ethiopia extracting resources from the continent and exploiting local communities. The European states partitioned and shared lands in Africa in a process that is referred to as the ‘scramble for Africa’. This was formalised at the famous “Berlin Conference” of 1884-1885.

The reasons for this ranged from the desire to obtain cheap raw materials and labour to maximise profits. Therefore colonisation provided a way for European countries to organise production on the spot and then exploit both labour and natural resources.

25/05/2023

Our Beloved continent Africa
Africa, the most resource-abundant continent on the planet. Her resources range from gold, diamond, oil, natural gas, copper, uranium, among others and these are mined in different parts of the continent.
The continent also has 40% of the world's gold and up to 90% chromium and platinum.
The continent also boasts of the largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum, and uranium in the world.
The continent also holds 65% of the world's arable land and 10% of the planet's internal renewable fresh water sources. There is no country in Africa that does not have some deposits of natural resources.
As Africans, time is now to rise and maximise the opportunities that are in our backyard.

We at Gems of Africa wish our Facebook family a Happy Africa day.

11/05/2023

We are back on our labour of Love journey intentionally retelling the History of Our Africa Greats





Ticketing coming soon🎊🎊🎉🤩🤩🤩
Tikhala Chimpango Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni

07/05/2023

It's the moment you have all been waiting for 📕📖📚
We are back with a Sequel 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Tikhala Chimpango Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni Mhla Musha Edith

19/12/2022

No thought was given to the history of Africa except so far it had been a field of exploitation for the caucasian. You might study the history as it was offered in our system from elementary school throughout the university and you would never hear Africa mentioned except in the negative (Carter G. Woodson).

12/10/2022

Order Your copy of Mansa Musa The Richest Man that Ever Lived

Calling all Intentional Readers,









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11/10/2022

Mansa Musa Book Launch

Copied from Peter Makossah’s page

Three Malawian ladies in Manchester have co-authored an inspirational heritage book, Mansa Musa, for African kids in the UK.
They launched the book on Saturday, October 1, 2022, on Manchester and the event was graced by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Donna Ludford and was attended by myriad
African nationalities.

It was a sumptuous and proud moment to be Malawian.
The book tells a story of an African King, Mansa Musa, the world's all-time richest person to have lived on the planet earth and his wealth makes the current crop of rich people, the likes of Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, among others, very poor.
Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Mansa Musa is known for his wealth and gift-giving, and he is the wealthiest person in history but they ignore him whenever they are listing the richest people in the world and it is fair to say because he is black African.
His is a story and history of hope and a phenomenon heritage for Africa and African natives but the western world would not want to tell it because they want to portray Africa as a very poor and hopeless continent.

The three Malawian ladies, in this book, are telling the African kids in the UK that Africa is a rich continent endowed with natural amenities and that their African heritage is rich and grounded in power.

Let us tell our kids about our own stories and history to inspire them to aspire for greatness and make them believe in themselves that it is possible for an African child to be the richest in the world because they come from a continent where the wealthiest person in history ever came from.

Let us empower our children with positive vibes. Let us let them know the truth and their true heritage.

The book is available at Amazon to buy.

Congratulations
Tikhala Chimpango, Mhla Musha Edith Shela and Patricia Chimangeni for the good job well done.

Please launch the book in every major UK city so all African kids get the inspiration.

Mama and I were honoured to be invited to this auspicious occasion which was beautifully directed by Hannington Geoffrey the DJ Hanny G who also spun the decks.
Nottingham-based Malawi Afro-Gospel Queen Matamando Mkukupa Maneya graced the occasion with her silky voice.

Thank you for the beautiful moments.

We turned up the Makossah way.



Musa Book Launch GEMS of Africa
Copied from Peter Makossah’s page
Three Malawian ladies in Manchester have co-authored an inspirational heritage book, Mansa Musa, for African kids in the UK.
They launched the book on Saturday, October 1, 2022, on Manchester and the event was graced by the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Donna Ludford and was attended by myriad African nationalities.
It was a sumptuous and proud moment to be Malawian.
The book tells a story of an African King, Mansa Musa, the world's all-time richest person to have lived on the planet earth and his wealth makes the current crop of rich people, the likes of Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, among others, very poor.
Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign. Mansa Musa is known for his wealth and gift-giving, and he is the wealthiest person in history but they ignore him whenever they are listing the richest people in the world and it is fair to say because he is a black African.
His is a story and history of hope and a phenomenon heritage for Africa and African natives but the western world would not want to tell it because they want to portray Africa as a very poor and hopeless continent.
The three Malawian ladies, in this book, are telling the African kids in the UK that Africa is a rich continent endowed with natural amenities and that their African heritage is rich and grounded in power.
Let us tell our kids about our own stories and history to inspire them to aspire for greatness and make them believe in themselves that it is possible for an African child to be the richest in the world because they come from a continent where the weathiest person in history ever came from.
Let us empower our children with positive vibes. Let us let them know the truth and their true heritage.
The book is available at Amazon to buy.
Congratulations
Tikhala Chimpango, Mhla Musha Edith Shela and Patricia Chimangeni for the good job well done.
Please launch the book in every major UK city so all African kids get the inspiration.
Mama and I were honoured to be invited to this auspicious occasion which was beautifully directed by Hannington Geoffrey the DJ Hanny G who also spun the decks.
Nottingham-based Malawi Afro-Gospel Queen Matamando Mkukupa Maneya graced the occasion with her silky voice.
Thank you for the beautiful moments.
We turned up the Makossah way.

04/10/2022

Black history month

As we celebrate the unique achievements and contributions of people of African descent in this month. Here at GEMS of Africa we have released a children's book of one of the great sons of Africa. Emperor Mansa Musa of the Malian empire.

Do you know what, it is on record that he is the richest person that has ever lived. This is a book you would want to your child to read this month among the other books that they are reading about other great daughters and sons of Africa.

The book is found on Amazon and the link is below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BGNDTM7Q/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26L3YEYPLCMUI&keywords=mansa+musa+tikhala&qid=1664373262&sprefix=mansa+musa+tikhala%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1

04/10/2022

Black history month

As we celebrate the unique achievements and contributions of people of African descent in this month. Here at GEMS of Africa we have released a children's book of one of the great sons of Africa. Emperor Mansa Musa of the Malian empire.

Do you know what, it is on record that he is the richest person that has ever lived. This is a book you would want to your child to read this month among the other books that they are reading about other great daughters and sons of Africa.

The book is found on Amazon and the link is below.

This book is about the richest man that ever lived

03/10/2022

AkwaCross dancers from Nigeria doing their thing at the launch of "Mansa Musa, the richest man to have ever lived".

01/10/2022

All set at Fairfield Golf Club, Kings Rd, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5FA
See you there!!
Mhla Musha Edith Tikhala Chimpango Patricia Kulipa Chimangeni

23/09/2022

Kwame Nkrumah, one of the most inspirational people to have lived in my opinion, said:

1. “As far as i am concerned, I am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which I have lit in Ghana and Africa. Long after I am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people” - Kwame Nkrumah

2. "The independence of Ghana is meaningless until it is linked to the total liberation of Africa." - Kwame Nkrumah

3. "Freedom is not something that one person can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them." - Kwame Nkrumah

4. "Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started." - Kwame Nkrumah

23/09/2022

THE WOYIE DIAMOND

World's 11th largest diamond found on 6 January 1945 from the Woyie River near Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone.

22/09/2022

THE MILLENIUM STAR DIAMOND

World's 11th largest diamond ever found. The 777-carat diamond was discovered at Mbuji-Mayi in Zaire in 1990.

20/09/2022

The Days to Celebrate African Excellence Are Closing In🤩🤩🤩

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20/09/2022

The Incomparable Diamond

World's 8th largest diamond. The diamond was found in its rough state weighing 890 carats in the town of Mbuji Mayi in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1980s. It was found by a young young girl playing in a pile of rubble outside her uncle's house nearby MIBA Diamond Mine.

19/09/2022

The Lesotho diamond (910 carats)
Another beauty from the motherland, is the world's 7th largest diamond discovered at Letšeng mine in Lesotho in 2018.

18/09/2022

The star of Sierra Leone
6th largest diamond ever discovered is another beauty from the motherland. The Star of Sierra Leone is a 968.9-carat (193.78 g) discovered by miners on February 14, 1972, in the Diminco alluvial mines in the Koidu area of Sierra Leone.

The star of Sierra Leone was cut into seventeen pieces.

17/09/2022

The fifth largest diamond ever found: another beauty from the motherland.
The Excelsior Diamond
The diamond was found on the 30th of June, 1893 in South Africa at the Jagersfontein Mine in the Orange Free State, by a worker in a shovelful of gravel he was loading into a truck.

16/09/2022

The fourth largest diamond (998 carats) is another beauty of the Motherland. The yet to be named diamond was discovered in Botswana in the Karowe Diamond Mine in 2020.

15/09/2022

Debswana 3rd largest diamond, another beauty discovered in Botswana in 2021. The gem, found in Jwaneng, the world's richest mine, is worth around £40 million.

14/09/2022

Lesedi La Rona

This beauty formerly known in media as Karowe AK6 or as Quad 1. Lesedi La Rona was found in the Karowe mine in Botswana on 16 November 2015. British jeweller Graff bought the rough diamond for $53 million in 2017.

our Narrative

13/09/2022

Beauties from the Motherland.

The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, weighing 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g) (21.9 ounces), (1.37 pounds) discovered at the Premier No.2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905.

Today, the diamond is located in the Tower of London in the British Sovereign's Royal Scepter.