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Africa was always this big, so why does the map matter?
18+ hour, 47+ min ago (628+ words) Africa didn't get bigger on Sept. 4. But something important happened that day. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution called “Correct the Map,” led by Togo and the African Union, calling for more accurate representation of the relative size…...
What Is Nigeria’s National Animal?
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (1881+ words) By: Segun Dukeh Date: 6 October 2026 11:07pm WAT It is the eagle. But I would be short-changing you if I stopped there, because the same homework sheet had three more questions on it, and those three are where most adults (myself included,…...
Free lecture to explore archaeology projects of Ancient Egypt
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (11+ words) Toledo Blade...
TBS launches heritage tour, urges children to embrace Nigeria’s history
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (71+ words) Vanguard News TBS launches heritage tour, urges children to embrace Nigeria’s history The Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board, TBSMB, has launched a Young Heritage Tour initiative designed to reconnect Nigerian children and young people with the nation’s history, heritage and…...
Correcting the world map
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (723+ words) Molly Taylor-Poleskey rotates a 16th century Mercator globe at Pusey Library. Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. Brazil is five times bigger than Alaska. Canada and China are roughly the same size. But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one…...
Women Rulers of Zazzau in the History of Nigeria
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (728+ words) Kashmir Convener Women Rulers of Zazzau in the History of Nigeria The female rulers of Zazzau show that women were not absent from African political history; in fact, they sometimes stood at the center of it. Bakwa Turunku helped shape…...
Mudavadi visits Great Pyramids of Giza after concluding Egypt engagements
12+ hour, 24+ min ago (18+ words) The Kenyan Diaspora Media The Kenyan Diaspora Media...
The Register that shatters the myth of Britain’s role in profiting from enslavement
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (583+ words) In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester Welcome to this month’s Cotton Capital newsletter. I’m Ahmed Reid, coming to you from…...
Windhoek eighth among Africa’s top cities, 411th globally
15+ hour, 8+ min ago (222+ words) Windhoek has been ranked among Africa’s top-performing cities, placing eighth on the continent and 411th globally. This is revealed in the 2026 Oxford Economics Global Cities Index. The ranking assessed 1 000 cities worldwide across five key areas: economics, human capital, quality of life,…...
Today in History: Uganda’s Six-Year Bush War Begins in Koboko
20+ hour, 32+ min ago (500+ words) On this day in 1980, an estimated 500 former soldiers of Idi Amin’s Uganda Army crossed into Uganda from exile and attacked Koboko in West Nile, marking the opening of the armed conflict that would become known as the Ugandan Bush War,…...