PAINS of africans

06/10/2023

The slaves will be free soon

06/10/2023

THE SLAVES WILL BE FREE ONE DAY

05/09/2023

Rat torture was a method used in medieval times. It worked by putting a pot of hungry rats into a cage that was strapped to the victims stomach. Then the cage was slowly heated, making the distressed rats chew and claw through the victim, trying to escape.

21/08/2023

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The joy of living

05/08/2023

As of 1851, the ancient city of Kano was producing 10 million leather sandals and exporting 5,000 hides, annually.

Kano also produced saddles, leather pillowcases, and bookcases that were then exported to North Africa, especially Morocco, and then sold to Mediterranean traders. These products were referred to as "Moroccan Leather" and were in high demand by Europeans who didn't know that they were made in Kano.Prince Igwe

05/08/2023

Meet Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire in the 14th century.

He was so outrageously rich that he's often considered the richest person ever!

But how did he accumulate such mind-boggling wealth? Let's find out!

One of the main reasons for Mansa Musa's wealth was his empire's control over lucrative trade routes, especially in gold and salt.

This made him the gatekeeper of enormous wealth flowing through Mali.

Mansa Musa also had vast gold mines within his empire, which contributed to his incredible riches.

The Mali Empire was known for its abundant gold reserves, and Mansa Musa had access to them all.

As a skilled diplomat and ruler, Mansa Musa established strong relationships with neighboring states and trading partners.

This enabled him to expand trade networks and increase his wealth through commerce and tribute.

Additionally, Mansa Musa's famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 played a significant role in showcasing his wealth.

During his journey, he distributed gold lavishly, leaving a lasting impression and gaining recognition as one of history's wealthiest individuals.

To give you an idea of the scale of Mansa Musa's wealth, historians estimate that his fortune was worth around $400 billion in today's money!

That's more than the current richest person in the world

Despite his unimaginable wealth, Mansa Musa was known for his generosity.

He funded the construction of schools, libraries, and mosques, promoting education and religious growth throughout the Mali Empire.

Mansa Musa's extraordinary wealth also put the Mali Empire on the world map.

It attracted traders, scholars, and explorers from distant lands, leading to cultural exchanges and contributing to the empire's prestige and influence.

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05/08/2023

Do you know ?

BORNO is not an Hausa state!

The Story Of Borno

A state in modern day Nigeria that has a great history

It was formerly known as Kanem then later Kanem-Bornu. It was founded by the Kanembu people and they speak the Kanuri language. The dynasty lasted for 1000 years and it was recognized as the second longest dynasty in the world.

Kanem entered Borno in the 13th century, they were known as Kanem at first then Kanem-Borno as time goes on. The place is now the Northern part of Nigeria.

The king title of Kanembu was known as MAI and their first Mai’s name is Seif (Sayf), this brought about the Sayfawa dynasty which was coined from his name.

The first capital of Kanem-Bornu was Njimi which means South. History has it that the dynasty lasted for roughly 1000 years and this makes it the second or third longest ruling dynasty in the world.

In the year 872CE, Ahmad Al’Yaqubi a Muslim geographer mentioned Kanem-Bornu in Bilal-el-Sudan to be the third greatest empire in the world.

Islam was brought into Africa through trade. North African traders introduced Islam into Kanem-Bornu. Mai king Dunama Dibalemi was one of the greatest ruler of kanem, he was the first to make Hajj in the empire and he was able to do it twice.

Mai king Dunama attacked and conquered several surrounding tribes around Lake Chad, Westward to Kano and Eastwards to Wudai in Cameroon. He established hostels in Cairo and made Kanem students travel there.

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26/07/2023

Igbo Woman from Ndoni.
She's wearing Odu anklets which is worn by titled Igbo women of the Otu Odu society.
Outside Onitsha & Asaba, it is known as the Iyom title.
As a descendant of Mmaku, father of Ikenga and grandfather of Nnewi the founding ancestor of my hometown Nnewi (North), I have a special love for Ndoni.
Our original dialect (before assimilation into Anambra Igbo dialect) is based on Ndoni Igbo dialect because some of my ancestors came from the Ndoni area and settled in Anambra around the 15th century.
Our central Deity is Ezemewi, husband of our central goddess Edo Agbaja (The popular bank road which connects their shrines is still known as Edo-Ezemewi road while Nnewi is also known as Anaedo in honour of Edo, the goddess).
Ezemewi is known by the elders as Ugili nwa onye olu i.e. Ugili child of Olu people.
Olu/Oru refer to riverine Igbos and Ndoni is in the Niger Delta.
Religious shrines do contain the history of those who worship in it. In other words, our church archives will be used by future generations to gain knowledge of their past history whilst our ancestral shrines can inform us about our ancestral history.
For instance; when travelling to a far away land, our ancestors would take a chalk (Nzu) from the shrine of their central deity.
They then deposited this chalk and built a shrine in their new settlement. The new deity was usually named after the original one. So if the Original one is Agbala or Ogwugwu, the new one will be Nwa-Agbala or Nwangwu. Igbo mythology also includes details of the ‘lives’ of deities for instance I know Nnewi is considered an Edo Agbaja town because Edo was once married to a deity from Agbaja in Abatete.
So, when we go around destroying the holy places of our ancestors, we are also erasing our own history! We have to preserve them for future generations! O di mkpa!
Preserving them doesn't imply leaving your Christian shrine to worship at an Odinani shrine.
It means respecting and protecting them in the same way Europ

23/07/2023

Years back, there was news that India and the Super Eagles of Nigeria engaged in an international friendly match in which the three-time African champions lost the tie 99-1.

Many people actually believed this reported match, considering how it was disseminated, coupled with the fact that there was no or minimal usage of the internet and cable networks.
According to what many Nigerian football fans were made to understand, was that India vowed that the Super Eagles would be named winners of the match if they scored just one goal.
Nigerian players who faced India in this match were unable to kick the ball because it kept on turning into a lion.
Super Eagles goalkeeper was also unable to save any shot, which resulted in an Indian favourable scoreline of 99-0, with three minutes to the end of the encounter.

Nigerians were made to believe that Samuel Okwaraji scored the only goal for the Super Eagles in the tie against India, which ended 99-1.
Since no one actually saw India participate in most international soccer games, this gave little credence to the story, as it was said that they were banned after the match.

The truth of the story is that there was no match between Nigeria and India as the news was fabricated to catch the attention of fans.

21/07/2023

Her name was Madeleine. Yet, until three years ago, this 1800 piece by Marie-Guillemine Benoist was referred to nondescriptly as "Portrait of a Negress."
For over two centuries, generations of art historians and curators had not bothered to conduct archival research to learn her name. But the truth lay in the very archives of the Musée du Louvre, waiting for a scholar to uncover previously overlooked details about her life.

Thanks to the work of curator and art historian Dr. Denise Murrell, we know that Madeleine was a formerly enslaved woman from Guadeloupe who worked in the home of Benoist's brother-in-law. This piece has now been officially renamed "Portrait of Madeleine."

20/07/2023

Around 1865, an Egyptian street vendor was captured in a photograph while selling mummies for huge money.

During the 1800s, the mummy sale business in Egypt was a booming trade, fueled by the Western world's fascination with ancient Egypt and its artifacts.

Egyptomania, or the obsession with all things Egyptian, had a significant impact on European culture, art, and fashion. The growing interest in Egyptology led many wealthy Europeans and Americans to collect Egyptian antiquities, including mummies, as exotic curiosities and status symbols.

As a result, a thriving black market for mummies and other ancient artifacts emerged in Egypt. Locals would rob tombs and sell the mummies to eager collectors. Often, mummies were also ground into powder and sold as "mummia," a substance believed to have medicinal properties.

The mummy sale business was so lucrative that sometimes fake mummies were created to meet demand.
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20/07/2023

🇰🇪 Meet Sabina Chebichi. Born on 13/5/1959, she won her first marathon in 1973 while barefoot and wearing nothing but a petticoat. Sabina went on to become the first Kenyan female athlete to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1974.

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20/07/2023

The joy of kids

20/07/2023

Thomas Fuller, an African sold into slavery in 1724 at the age of 14, was sometimes known as the “Virginia Calculator” for his extraordinary ability to solve complex math problems in his head. He was asked how many seconds there were in a year and a half, he answered in about two minutes, 47,304,000. Again he was asked how many seconds a man has lived who is 70 years, 17 days and 12 hours old, he answered in a minute and a half 2,210,500,800.

One of the men was working out the problems on paper, and informed Fuller that he was wrong, because the answer was much smaller. Fuller hastily replied, "'Top, massa, you forget de leap year." When the leap year was added in, the sums matched.

17/07/2023

Let black lead

17/07/2023

Many untold story of Africans

11/07/2023

"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

10/07/2023

Black is the best

10/07/2023

I remember this when i am a kid