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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…

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Read more about the article Post-Independence Challenges of African States
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Post-Independence Challenges of African States

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…

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Read more about the article Facts about Mike the Headless Chicken
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Facts about Mike the Headless Chicken

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…

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Read more about the article The Dancing Plague of  1518
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The Dancing Plague of 1518

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…

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Read more about the article Economic Depression: Omens, Preventions and Causes
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Economic Depression: Omens, Preventions and Causes

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…

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Facts about Frank Lentini, the Three-Legged Man

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…

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The Benin Kingdom in the 19th Century

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…

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The Thirty Years’ War of 1618-1648: Causes and Results

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…

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A Geographical Introduction to the History of Nigeria

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,…

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Read more about the article The Wangara traders and the Economic Transformation of the Central Sudan, 1500-1800
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The Wangara traders and the Economic Transformation of the Central Sudan, 1500-1800

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…

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The Bantu as First among Equals

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…

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