Apoolo by Jacopo Gnisci Our understanding of the history of the emperors who ruled over late medieval Ethiopia is still quite fragmentary but, as far as we can tell, life at their courts was marked by violence, betrayal, and power struggles. Perhaps the most prominent among these rulers, who belonged to a house that rose […]
MNN By RUSSELL MCLENDON The Nile flows north for about 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles), from the African Great Lakes through the Sahara desert before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. It goes through 11 countries — Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt — and […]
Zimbabwe’s intellectual despot; how Mugabe became Africa’s fallen angel, and an independence leader who built his country up, then helped destroy it The Guardian by David SmithMain image: ‘He will be remembered for the land invasions, the rigged elections, the beatings in the townships and the ineptitude of the courts.’ Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters Three great […]
“Oh mighty king … a great marvel occurred in your reign … The heavens rained on the mountain of Punt … in this month when rainfall occurred, when rain was unseasonable, even in the north land. Your mother, Neith of the temple of Sais came to you to bring you the Nile, giving life to […]
The Spectator by Stephen Daisley Menachem Begin was Israel’s most reviled and misunderstood prime minister. Reviled by Britain for his paramilitary activities against the British Army in Palestine, Begin was a keen admirer of the Westminster parliamentary system and English common law. Reviled by Jimmy Carter as a hawk who refused to cede an inch […]
The Victory of AdwaA Fresh Perspective By Haile MulukenMekelle University Introduction In the history of the modern world, the victory of Adwa is best remembered for offering the seminal phenomenon that put the prevalent bias and prejudice towards black people into question. This change of perception towards the nature and capability of black people had […]
Aljazeera We look at rising Russia-Africa trade, the economics behind the S-400 deal, and new players in the gaming industry. As the Soviet Union imploded, it turned its back on the African continent in the 1990s. But now, under President Vladimir Putin, Russia is once again making a push to engage. Some of the reasons: Western sanctions […]
Ethiopian Herald By Tsegay Hagos Ethiopia, the first country which adopted Christianity and Islamic religions in Africa has fascinating churches, monasteries and mosques. St. Marry Zion of Aksum, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Wukro, Abreha We Atsbeha, St. Marry of Gunda Gundo, Al Nejashi mosque and others are among the oldest religious spots in Ethiopia. […]
The African Report By Jane Roussel Photographer Bas Uterwijk has attempted to to reconstruct the faces of Akhenaten and Nerfertiti, King and Queen of Ancient Egypt. Remarkable modern portraits achieved through the use of artificial intelligence. By the end of the 18th Dynasty, Akhenaten and Nefertiti were King and Queen of Egypt. Not much is known […]
by Sarah Sloat, Pocket Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a 63-square-mile spot of land in the Pacific Ocean. In 1995, science writer Jared Diamond popularized the “collapse theory” in a Discover magazine story about why the Easter Island population was so small when European explorers arrived in 1722. He later published Collapse, […]
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