Akure
Akure town (city) is the capital of Ondo state, in the southwestern part of Nigeria. The Akure people are Yorubas, Akure lies “in the southern part of the forested Yoruba…
Written by Oluboyo Ayomide, a student of the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Africa after European Departure The situation in which the…
Of course, it will be surprising to know that a chicken lived for 18 months (nearly two years) after its head was chopped off. This is the story of Mike…
It would of course seem astonishing to know that residents of a particular place died as a result of uncontrollable dancing. In Strasbourg city of the Holy Roman Empire, in…
Bullet bra is a bra worn by ladies in the 1940s and 1950s. The bra was invented in the late 1940s; it is a full-support bra with a parabolic cup.…
Kim Goodman is a woman that can force her eyes 12 millimetres or 0.47 inches out of her eye sockets. It is recorded that she holds the world record for…
Annie Hawkins is currently the woman with the biggest natural breast in the world. Annie Hawkins is an American woman that resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Annie Hawkins started using a…
Economic depression is a situation where a country's economy is experiencing financial turbulence, which shows the result of a period of negative activity based on the country’s Gross Domestic Product…
Who is Frank Lentini? Francesco ‘Frank’ Lentini, May 18, 1889- Sept. 21, 1966, was a Sicilian-American, a sideshow performer who was born with a parasitic twin (1); he had three…
Ayam Cemani: Facts about the Most Expensive Chicken in the Wold Chickens (Yoruba, Adiye; Ibo, ọkụkọ; Hausa, Kaza ) are domestic fowls that are usually kept for food. These include…
Written by Omolewa Taiwo, student of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Oba Ewuare the Great The kingdom reached its greatest power and size under…
Primary in central Europe during the 17th century, religious wars that lasted for thirty years, 1618-1648 plunged this region. The major cause of this conflict was the constant disagreement between…
What is Geography? Over the years, the physiographical features had determined the dispersions and migrations of human populations at a particular period of time, including the pattern of settlement, occupation,…
Who are the Wangara? The Wangara (Wangarawa in Hausa; jakhanké) traders were Muslims, traders, clerics, and wanderers from the Songhai Empire. These traders spread across Central Sudan through trans-Saharan trade…
Who Are the Bantu People The Bantu were similar groups of inhabitants who had settled in South Africa thousands of years ago. The Bantus included the Sotho, Ovambo, and the…