Hanged by the British, at exactly 8 a.m, on June 28,1899. Ologbosere, chief of the Benin Kingdom and warrior fought a guerrilla war for 2 years. To the British he was treacherous and barbaric, but to many Edo he was symbol of resistance against the invaders. Photographed just before his execution.
Kush was also called Nubia because of its rich Gold mines. Around 700 BC, two empires ruled the earth – the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Kush. The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kingdom of Napata, the Kingdom of Kerma, the Meroitic Kingdom or sometimes called Nubia by some people, was a vast, powerful empire which dominated global affairs such that militarily, politically and economically, it was only rivalled by Assyria. No other power matched these two powers at the period.
๐ธ: Ancient Kush and Axum had empresses that ran the Empire.
(1). Ghana was the first country in sub Saharan Africa to gain independence from European rule on March 6 1957.
(2). Ghana means "warrior king" and was the title used by the Rulers of the ancient Wagadu Empire (famously known as Ghana Empire)
(3). 'Kente' originated from Ghana and in recent years became the iconic symbol of the black race across the world.
(4). Ghana is one of the most peaceful and stable countries in Africa.
(5). Ghana has the biggest man-made lake by surface area in the world called Lake Volta.
(6). The capital of Ghana is Accra.
(7). The currency of Ghana is called Cedi and it is one of the strongest currencies in Africa.
(8). Ghana is currently the largest producer of Gold in Africa and the second largest producer of Cocoa in the World after Ivory Coast.
(9). Ghana is in Western Africa, between Cote d' voire and Togo and borders the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.
(10). The most loved sport in Ghana is soccer.
Africa Day
๐๐ต๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ, (born September 15, 1977, Enugu, Nigeria), After studying medicine for a time in Nsukka, in 1997 she left for the United States, where she studied communication and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University (B.A., 2001). Splitting her time between Nigeria and the United States, she received a master’s degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and studied African history at Yale University.
As a student at Eastern Connecticut State University, Adichie began writing her first novel, ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐ (2003).
๐๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป (2006; film 2013), ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ'๐ second novel, was the result of four years of research and writing. It was built primarily on the experiences of her parents during the Nigeria-Biafra war. The result was an epic novel that vividly depicts the savagery of the war (which resulted in the displacement and deaths of perhaps a million people) but does so by focusing on a small group of characters, mostly middle-class Africans. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป became an international best seller and was awarded the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction in 2007.
In 2008 ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. The following year she released ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories. ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต (2013) centres on the romantic and existential struggles of a young Nigerian woman studying (and blogging about race) in the United States.
"๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐" is the title of the now famous TED talk by ๐๐ต๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ. The phrase made it onto Dior t-shirts (a collaboration with ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ), a Beyoncรฉ song, and has been adapted into a book of the same title. In 2015, the book was distributed to every 16-year-old high-school student in Sweden and has remained on bestseller lists all over the world.
Following the death of her father, ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ wrote Notes on ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ (2021), in which she mourned his passing and celebrated his life.
Through her work, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ has been able to bring global attention to the inequalities women face in Nigerian and global society.
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ❤️❤️❤️
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb
War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying
When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb
Peace does not make a good ruler. ~Botswana proverb
A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb
There can be no peace without understanding. ~Senegalese proverb
Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully. ~ African proverb
If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war. ~ Somalian proverb
When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan proverb
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled. ~ Swahili saying
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. ~ West African proverb
He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb
An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian proverb
He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb
Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself. ~ Tanzanian proverb
Without a leader, black ants are confused. ~Ugandan proverb
He who refuses to obey cannot command. ~ Kenyan proverb
He who fears the sun will not become chief. ~Ugandan proverb
A large chair does not make a king. ~ Sudanese proverb
Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb
Where a woman rules, streams run uphill. ~ Ethiopian proverb
A leader who does not take advice is not a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb
If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb
The role of Elephants in the socio-economic & political sphere of the ancient Benin Kingdom can never be overemphasized. The threshold can be traced to the Ogiso Dynasty. During Ogiso Ere’s reign about (16 A.D-66 A.D.) he established a camp and called it Oregbeni & lgbesanmwan Quarters in Benin. They carved tusk, wood & other objects for the Ogiso & the recent Obas. Ore-Ogbeni literally means “elephant killer’s ‘village”.
When the British invaded Benin Kingdom & carted away with her priced artifacts in 1897, the arts of the ancient kingdom was made known to the international community. Numerous objects including carved elephant tusks were stolen & eventually sold to the rest of the World. These arts ended up selling Benin to the world as one of the greatest artistic ethnic groups in the universe.
Ironically, the loss of these treasure made the whole world to focus on Benin’s artistic excellence & her culture.
Some of the Benin ivories found in the museum of the world today includes; the side blown horns (Oko) for the native doctors and some others as musical instruments, Ivory waist plaques, armlets, bangles, rings &the most famous of them, the Queen Idia mask, which sits at the British Museum, London & an identical replica at the Metropolitan museum of Arts, New York.
Hunting elephants in Benin forests was under the strict control of the Oba of Benin since the period of Ogiso Ere (16 A.D). Ogiso Ere so loved the tusk that he made the people in Oregbeni to train elephants that were used for carrying heavy logs, which were in turn used to carve doors for the Ogiso in those days.
These tusks vary in sizes, shapes, colour & patterns on their surfaces. Some of these patterns were actually visual representations of some events that took place in the kingdom as the Binis lacked formal education as a means of documentation at the time. So basically the tusks doubled as both ornaments & documents. The designs or motifs found in some of them were very complex &hard to decipher that only the sculptors could interpret them.
Culled from Edo tv online
Before finding himself as a slave, working hours on end and living in hard conditions on the Frontier plantation in Jamaica, Takyi was a Fanti king from Gold Coast, now modern Ghana.
There are no records of which group of Fantis he ruled over before becoming a slave but research indicates that he might have been the ruler of a settlement in Kommenda or Koromantse in the central region of Ghana. Takyi was also a wealthy merchant and slave trader himself until he was captured during the Kommender Wars and sold off into slavery when his state was defeated.
In 1759, after years of toiling and suffering on the plantations, Takyi and his allies, Yaw, Sobadu and Kwarteng, who were also of Ghanaian descent, escaped into a cave far beyond their plantations to plan a rebellion.
They escaped during the day when everyone was occupied with work or at night and returning before daybreak. With full support from Queen Nanny, Takyi’s plan was to defeat the British and all slave masters and create Jamaica as a separate and independent black colony.
Known as Tacky’s War or the 1760 Easter Rebellion of Port Maria, the rebellion took place a year later to become the second largest and most shocking rebellion 30 years after Breffu led the Akwamus in the 1733 St John slave insurrection. The massive Akwamu revolt is considered one of the longest lasting rebellion recorded in the history of the Americas.
In May of 1760, Takyi and his followers started the revolt in the early hours of the morning, starting at the plantation where they worked, killing the owners and thus freeing all the slaves.
The former slaves joined in the revolt immediately and a few run off to spread the word of the revolt on other plantations. With a good number of followers, they quickly made their way to Fort Haldane, where Takyi killed the storekeeper and instructed his men to pick up all the machines and gunpowder they could get.
According to oral history, Takyi and his slaves were strengthened and protected by the Obeah spiritual leaders, who had been labelled witchdoctors by the westerners in Jamaica. The British commanded the Maroons and their local army to fight Takyi and his men as well as kill any Obeah leader.
The killing of an Obeah leader angered Takyi and his men, who by now had a strong army with close to 80 different groups and had taken control of a greater part of the land. Consequently, they killed several more plantation owners and white people before retreating into the bush to fight the Maroons sent by the white officials to stop the rebellion.
The rebellion lasted until July when Takyi was gunned down and killed. After he was shot, his head was cut and displayed in the centre of the town to indicate that the rebellion had been stopped and the freed slaves and Takyi’s army were now in danger.
Despite his death, Takyi’s military fought on hoping to realize his dream. Many slaves committed suicide to avoid capture and others were recaptured and sold off to different masters.
By the end of July 1760, the British had reinforced order and had conducted a mass unmarked burial for all the slaves killed during the war.
A waterfall close to the cave where Takyi and his men planned the revolt was named Tacky Falls and is currently open to visitors. A school has also been named after the great enslaved Ghanian chief who led the rebellion.
This is Iyake lake, one of only two suspended lakes on top of a mountain in the world. It is situated in Ado Awaiye Iseyin, Oyรณ state, Nigeria.
The lake is believed to be bottomless and no one enters it and survives.
History has it that beneath the lake lies another world, a parallel existence ruled over by a goddess of fertility who lives inside the lake.
It’s rumored that if one puts their foot in the hole near the lake known as Agbรณmofรบnyร kรฉ (Yoruba for “collects child and gives to iyake”) when it’s filled with water, the person will be dragged to the bottom.
The History behind it is intriguing.
Its name, Iyake, means “woman cry.”
It is said by the locals that, a barren woman from Ota, Ogun State, migrated to Oyรณ during the ancient Oyรณ Empire. She was loved by many but her barrenness was mocked by some of the locals. Because she couldn't handle the mockery, she committed suicide by falling into the lake. Hence the name 'Iyake lake'.
Since then, according to sources, the lake was believed to cure barrenness ever since the said woman fell and died inside it.
Also, locals in that area believed that if you pray with the water from the lake, bathe with it or drink it you won’t be barren; it will cure your barrenness if you are woman who is barren.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
Under Dessalines, Haiti became the first country in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery. ๐ญ๐น๐ญ๐น๐ญ๐น
Upon declaring independence after defeating the British, Spanish, and the French, Haiti claimed a singular place in world history. Haiti became the first modern state to abolish slavery, the first state in the world to be formed from a successful revolt of the lower classes (in this case slaves), the first independent nation in the Caribbean, the first Black republic in the world, and the second republic in the Western Hemisphere–only twenty-eight years behind the United States.
Haiti is literally still paying for securing their freedom, as the French crown "extorted" 90 million gold francs (the equivalent of $21 billion U.S.) for losses in slaves and property and “illegitimately forced a people who had won their independence in a successful slave revolt, to pay again for their freedom.”
รgรจdรจngbรฉ is one of the most important men in the history of the Yorรนbรก. รgรจdรจngbรฉ was the รjแบน̀แนฃร warrior who was the Commander-in-Chief of the รkรฌtรฌ-Parapแป̀ Army. His name at birth was แป̀rรฌแนฃร rรกyรญbรญ รgรบnmแป́lรก. He was born at Ijแปka but taken to Atorin, near Ilรฉแนฃร in Osun State in 1822 after he was named. He earned the name รgรจdรจngbรฉ for his dexterity in wrestling and fearlessness. Agbรณgungbรณrรฒ was added when his war credentials soared. Growing up, รgรจdรจngbรฉ exemplifed valor, courage and industry. He was tall, intimidating, with piercing eyes. He grew up at a time of great unrest between Yoruba sub-ethnicities. In his youth, he was reckless, commanding and charismatic. รgรจdรจngbรฉ was involved in several campaigns against the รbร dร n who often attacked the รjแบน̀แนฃร . In one of such during รgbรกjแป war in 1867 รgรจdรจngbรฉ was captured. It was said that, at รgbรกjแป, a young รbร dร n soldier severed his head, รgรจdรจngbรฉ staggered back and picked up his head, fixed it back. This terrified the Ibadan. Baแนฃแป̀run รgรบnmแป́lรก captured him and took him to รbร dร n, where he fought for รbร dร n army and rose to the position of senior military commander. To make the ridicule complete he was given รbร dร n tribal marks. The รbร dร n thought someone might take him for an รbร dร n man and kill him in battle.
After the fall of แป̀̀yแป́, รbร dร n, a new city founded in the 1820s began its quest to rule and dominate the rest of Yoruba sub-ethnicities. The struggle for power, influence and survival led to a sixteen year internecine war among the Yoruba. That war was named Kรญrรฌjรฌ - an onomatopoeic play on the thunderous sound of cannons fired by the รkรฌtรฌ and รjแบน̀sร , under the command of Ogedengbe. Kรญrรฌjรฌ war was fought between the Western Yoruba (Ibadan, Modakeke Oyo and แปfร forces ) and Eastern Yoruba (รjแบน̀sร , รkรฌtรฌ, Ifรจ, รkรณkรฒ, รgbรณmรฌnร , Kร bbร , Egbรฉ and Lแป́kแป́ja). During the Kรญrรฌjรฌ war, รbร dร n was fighting on five fronts. The first battle in Kรญrรฌjรฌ war between the Western and Eastern forces called Ogun Jรกlumi (battle of waterloo) fought at รkรฌrun on 1st of November, 1878 ended in ignominious for the Ekiti. This defeat led the รkรฌtรฌ to รgรจdรจngbรฉ, who had been reluctant to lead the Ekiti-Parapo against รbร dร n under whom he obtained his infantry training. รgรจdรจngbรฉ led the Ekiti Parapo front, assisted by the แบธ̀gbรก, รjแบน̀bรบ and รkรณ (Lagos) against Ibadan imperialism. รlรกrรก-Mแป̀kรญn served as the military and reconnaissance headquarters where Ekiti War generals reviewed and perfected war strategies. The รkรฌtรฌ and รjแบน̀sร purchased cannons in abundance and that gave them advantage over Ibadan. During the Kiriji war, it was said that รgรจdรจngbรฉ would shoot arrows from his room to the battlefield. He was also known for making himself invisible. รgรจdรจngbรฉ trusted no one but his dog who is rumored to be more of a wild canine beast. People ran at the sight of the beast. รgรจdรจngbรฉ tied cowries on his dog on market days and the dog would walk into the รyรกlแป́jร stall. She would load supplies on the dog and the dog would return home.
After the armistice was signed to end Kรญrรฌjรฌ war, รgรจdรจngbรฉ returned to a hero's welcome in Ilรฉแนฃร . He was honoured with the highest chieftaincy title of แปbaลlรก of รjแบน̀แนฃร , second to the แปwรก-Obรฒkun of รjแบน̀sร in 1898. After Kiriji war, Chief รgรจdรจngbรฉ lived peacefully until he died on the 29th July, 1910. Mysteriously, รgรจdรจngbรฉ's dog disappeared immediately he died. Other notable war heroes of the 19th century Yorรนbรก were Baแนฃแป̀run Olรบyแป̀lรฉ, รbรญkรบnlรฉ and รgรบnmแป́lรก of Ibadan, แป̀nรกfแปwแป́kร n of รjแบน̀bรบ, แนขรณdแบนkแบน́ of แบธ̀gbรก and Fรกbรนnmi of รkรจ-รmแบน̀sรญ.
It is hard to write about รgรจdรจngbรฉ without delving much into Kรญrรฌjรฌ war. It was Kรญrรฌjรฌ that cemented his legacy as a fearless warrior with remarkable skills in war strategy and weaponry. This defining Yoruba civil war will be discussed on รbรญrรญkรญtรญ some day soon.
Narrated by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju
He was the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo and was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013.
My dear wife,
I am writing these words to you, not knowing whether they will ever reach you, or whether I shall be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of our country I have never doubted the victory of our sacred cause, to which I and my comrades have dedicated all our lives.
But the only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions.
This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists and their Western allies, who received, direct or indirect, open or concealed, support from some highly placed officials of the United Nations, the body upon which we placed all our hope when we appealed to it for help.
They seduced some of our compatriots, bought others and did everything to distort the truth and smear our independence.
What I can say is this—alive or dead, free or in jail—it is not a question of me personally.
The main thing is the Congo, our unhappy people, whose independence is being trampled upon.
That is why they have shut us away in prison and why they keep us far away from the people. But my faith remains indestructible.
I know and feel deep in my heart that sooner or later my people will rid themselves of their internal and external enemies, that they will rise up as one in order to say 'No' to colonialism, to brazen, dying colonialism, in order to win their dignity in a clean land.
We are not alone. Africa, Asia, the free peoples and the peoples fighting for their freedom in all corners of the world will always be side by side with the millions of Congolese who will not give up the struggle while there is even one colonialist or colonialist mercenary in our country.
To my sons, whom I am leaving and whom, perhaps, I shall not see again, I want to say that the future of the Congo is splendid and that I expect from them, as from every Congolese, the fulfilment of the sacred task of restoring our independence and our sovereignty.
Without dignity there is no freedom, without justice there is no dignity and without independence there are no free men. Cruelty, insults and torture can never force me to ask for mercy, because I prefer to die with head high, with indestructible faith and profound belief in the destiny of our country than to live in humility and renounce the principles which are sacred to me.
The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations.
It will be the history which will be taught in the countries which have won freedom from colonialism and its puppets.
Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity.
Do not weep for me. I know that my tormented country will be able to defend its freedom and its independence.
Long live the Congo!
Long live Africa!
Thysville prison
Patrice LUMUMBA
Sola Sobowale is one of Nollywood's most influential veteran actresses. With a career spanning more than three decades, Sola Sobowale is a force in the Nollywood industry.
Sola Sobowale has become a household name. With her 31-year career log the Nigerian actress, movie producer, screenwriter, and director has proved that hard work and talent are enviable skills.
Sola Sobowale was born on December 26, 1965, in Ondo State to Joseph and Esther Olagookun, After her primary and secondary education, she got admitted to the University of Ibadan to study Music. But, along the line her passion for acting made her decide to finish with Theatre Arts.
At first, Sola’s parents were against her acting but Oyelana was able to convince her parents. Before stardom, Sola Sobowale had roles in ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป, and the Yoruba film. Sola Sobowale joined acting through numerous roles in movies produced by ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ under the leadership of Adebayo Salami.
She made her acting debut in the movie '๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ'. '๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐' actress, Sola Sobowale has always accredited her success in the Nollywood industry to God. Her role in movies has been a source of inspiration to many young upcoming actors, recently her career-reinventing role in '๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐' produced and written by Kemi Adetiba, launched the veteran actress into another dimension of her career. Ever since the release of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ in 2018, Sola Sobowale has been tagged '๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ' (๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด).
Over the years, Sola has scripted, co-scripted, directed, and produced several Nigerian films including ๐ข๐ต๐๐ป ๐ข๐ธ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ, a 2010 Nigerian film that stars Adebayo Salami.
She starred in ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ถ๐ป๐, a 2004 Nigerian drama film produced by Tade Ogidan, written and directed by Niji Akanni. She also featured in ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ produced and directed by Tade Ogidan.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ "๐ง๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ": Toyin Tomato is a name she got from her years of acting in Wale Adenuga’s hit series (Oh Father Oh Daughter) “๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐” in 2001, after gracing the screen for several years.
Meanwhile the same stage name "๐ง๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ'' is also accredited to Yoruba actress Toyin Adegbola for her role in the movie, '๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ.'
The 58-year-old Nollywood veteran actress has dazzled fans with her dynamic acting experience from ๐ ๐ผ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐'๐ 2016 '๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐' which broke box office record as a highest-grossing movie; to Kemi Adetiba's 2018 '๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐' and 2021, 7 part series, '๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด'.
Sola Sobowale's husband is Oludotun Sobowale, and he was the former corporate executive director of EKO Hospital, before relocating to England, and they are blessed with Taiwo Sobowale and Kehinde Sobowale, and three boys.
Sola Sobowale's endeavours as a filmmaker has earned her a substantial amount to become one of the richest actresses in Nigeria. She acted in both Nollywood English movies and also Nollywood Yoruba movies.
When only old Carthage was considered Africa. When Arabia was considered a part of Cushitic Peninsula and the Red Sea was an inland Lake. Way before the Warrior Chief Shaka Zulu was betrayed by his brother and the Caucasian renamed the cape South Africa.
When the Atlantic Ocean was known as the Ethiopian Sea and the Indian Ocean was the Eritrean Sea. During the Ghana, Mali, before Songhai Empire when The Entire Sahara was the West Sudan, and modern-day Sudan was ancient Nubia. Before Mongol-Turkic people renamed Mur'akush, Morocco; and the entire West Africa, from the Sahel across the saharan-desert sands to the Mediterranean Sea was Mauritania.
Also remember when today Arabia was part of today Africa in map.
Remember, When Western Europe was ruled by Black Nobility and Spain was known as al-Andalusia. When Tanzania was Zimbabwe, and Eritrea and Somalia was the unified Land of Punt, before Abyssinia was Aksum! The MotherLand is an Ether Utopia and was internationally known as Ethiopia. We taught the Greeks Earth, Ether, Ethics, and Ethiopian as a Mentality. According to the Nature of the Etymology, dignity of the Title, and Antiquity of the mm, Ethiopia is the last (known and respected) International Name of the Mother Land as a whole.
Africa is a colonial term, just as much as Negro is. They've turned Your World Upside Down. Know Thyself.
Tade Ogidan’s ‘OWO BLOW’ was a Nollywood classic that was released in three parts, ‘The Genesis, ‘The Revolt’, and ‘The Final Struggle’.
Released in 1996, it took a very harsh look at some of the vices that are still plaguing Nigeria, 27 years after. Issues like the miscarriage of justice, corruption, unemployment, jungle justice, police brutality, and unlawful detention were predominant in the movie.
Released at a time when movies were shot majorly for entertainment, ‘Owo Blow’ mirrored Nigerian society perfectly.
Owo Blow’ is a classic movie that can conveniently compete with many Nollywood movies of today.
There were no unnecessary scenes that dragged on for too long. It was a satirical drama that was devoid of irrelevance. There was no part of the movie that was not relevant to the plot of the film.
27 years after, ‘Owo Blow’ remains a classic any day.
๐ถ๐ง๐จ,๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ง๐จ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ณ๐ง๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ช?
(1) Queen Amina of Zaria, Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ
(2) Queen Makeda of Sheba, Ethiopia ๐ช๐น
(3) Queen Kandake, Ethiopia ๐ช๐น
(4) Queen Nefertiti, Ancient Kemet
(5) Queen Asantewa of Ashanti kingdom, Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ
(6) Queen Nandi of Zulu kingdom, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
(7) Queen Moremi of IIfe-Ife kingdom, Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ
Bai Bureh (February 15, 1840 – August 24, 1908) was the great Sierra Leonean ruler and military strategist who led the Temne uprising against the British in 1898.
His father was a prominent Loko warrior, and his mother was possibly a Temne from the Makeni region. As a young man, he was taken to Gbendembu, a warrior training school, where he got the nickname "Kebalai," which translates to "one whose basket is never full" or "one who never tires of battle."
As a ruler, Bureh never wanted to cooperate with the colonial government who were living in the capital city of Freetown. Bai Bureh refused to recognise a peace treaty the British had negotiated with the Limba without his participation; and on one occasion, his warrior fighters raided their way across the border into French Guinea.
On January 1, 1893, the colonial government instituted a hut tax in Sierra Leone and throughout British colonies in Africa. The tax could be paid in either money, grain, stock or labor. Many Sierra Leoneans had to work as laborers to pay the tax. The hut tax enabled the colonial government to build roads, towns, railways and other infrastructure amenities in Sierra Leone.
Bai Bureh refused to recognise the hut tax imposed by the colonial government. He did not believe the Sierra Leonean people had a duty to pay taxes to foreigners and he wanted all Britons to return to Britain and let the Sierra Leoneans solve their own problems.
After refusing to pay his taxes on several occasions, the colonial government issued a warrant to arrest Bureh. When the British Governor to Sierra Leone, Frederic Cardew, offered one hundred pounds as a reward for his capture, Bai Bureh reciprocated by offering the higher sum of five hundred pounds for the capture of the governor. In 1898, Bureh declared war on the British in Sierra Leone. The war later became known as the Hut Tax War of 1898.
Most of Bureh's fighters came from several Temne and Loko villages under his command, but other fighters came from Limba, Kissi and Kuranko villages, sent to his aid. Bai Bureh's men not only engaged in combat with the colonial government's forces but also killed dozens of Creoles who were living in Northern Sierra Leone because it was thought by the indigenous people of Sierra Leone that they supported the colonial government. One of the most notable Creole people who was killed by Bai Bureh's warriors was the trader John "Johnny" Taylor, who was killed in his house in Northern Sierra Leone.
Bai Bureh had the advantage over the forces of the colonial government for several months of the war. By 19 February 1898, Bai Bureh's forces had completely severed the lines of communication between Freetown and Port Loko.
They blocked the road and the river from Freetown. Despite their arrest warrant, the colonial government's forces failed to defeat Bureh and his supporters. The conflict ultimately resulted in hundreds of casualties on both sides.
The Kingdom of Yam certainly existed as a trading partner and a possible rival of Old Kingdom Kemet, yet its precise location has proven nearly as elusive as that of the mythical Atlantis. Based on the funerary inscriptions of the Kemetian explorer Harkhuf, it seems Yam was a land of “incense, ebony, leopard skins, elephant tusks, and boomerangs.”
Despite Harkhuf’s claims of journeys overland exceeding seven months, Egyptologists have long placed the land of boomerangs just a few hundred miles from the Nile. The conventional wisdom was that there was no way ancient Kemetians could have crossed the inhospitable expanse of Saharan Desert. There was also some question of just what they would have found on the other side of the Sahara. But it seems we underestimated ancient Kemetian traders, because hieroglyphs recently discovered over 700 kilometers (430 miles) southwest of the Nile confirm the existence of trade between Yam and Kemet and point to Yam’s location in the northern highlands of Chad.
Exactly how the Kemetians crossed hundreds of miles of desert prior to the introduction of the wheel and with only donkeys for pack animals remains perplexing. But, at the very least, their destination is no longer shrouded in doubt.
When I was in high school, we were taught that the Sumerians were the first to use a written script about 5000 years ago, and that written languages spread out from there to the rest of the world. However, scholars now recognize that writing was independently developed in at least five ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia (between 3400 and 3100 BC), Egypt (around 3250 BC), China (2000 BC),lowland Mesoamerica (by 650 BC), and Peru (perhaps as early as 2700 BC).
Now archaeological evidence suggests that writing started much earlier in other parts of Africa. Except for Egypt, Africa has been ignored in traditional history texts about written languages, but the evidence is there to suggest that this comes from prejudice, not proper scientific study and, like so many prejudices, is wrong.
The oldest scripts in the world to be discovered so far were found at the Kharga oasis in what was Nubia and is now part of present-day Sudan. They were written in what is called the Proto Saharan language. Extraordinarily, they date from 5000 BC. Since Sumerian and other Asian written languages appear about 3000 BC and Greek script was not fully in use until 1400 BC, it appears from this evidence that the Proto-Saharan written language is at least two thousand years older.
Other written tablets were found at Ge’ez in Ethiopia that are up to 3000 years old and yet, astonishingly, that ancient script is still in use, as the main liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox churches and the Jewish community. The vast proportion of inherited nouns are unchanged, and even spelled identically in both Geสฝez and Amharic. The Ge’ez script is certainly the oldest written language that is still in use. The closest living languages to Geสฝez are Amharic, Tigre and Tigrinya, and in the oral tradition of those peoples, Ge’ez is the oldest language of humans.
Most of the languages of Northern Africa are classified as Afro-Asiatic and this shows the influences of both European and Middle Eastern languages due to migrations, warfare and religious subjugation but there is a surviving ancient tongue in the region: the Tifinagh of the Tuareg people and it has a written form that dates back at least 1500 years. The Tuareg believe themselves to be the descendants of a queen, Tin HInan, known as the mother of us all to the Tuareg, whose tomb was found in 1925. According to legend, Tin Hinan was a fugitive princess who was driven from her home in the northern Sahara. She and her followers nearly perished in the desert but were saved by ants when they stumbled upon grains buried in desert anthills.
The Val and Mende written languages of Liberia and Sierra Leone have been found at the site of Goundaka in Mali, that date back to about 3000 BC so they are also at least as old as the Sumerian written language.
Other written languages existed in Southern Africa, including the Adinkra of the Akan people of Ghana. The symbols of Adrinka are still used today on cloth but may have existed for thousands of years.
Another old written language is Nsibidi of Nigeria and W.Central Africa where early forms are found on excavated pottery that is at least 1500 years old. More studies are necessary to see if these written languages are actually far older.
And many other written languages ….
Olu Jacobs is a famous Nollywood actor, producer, entrepreneur and a television personality. He was born on 11th July 1942 in Abeokuta, Ogun State in the south western part of Nigeria. He is currently 81 years old. He is the husband to Nollywood famous actress Joke Silva. He has been regarded as the father of Nollywood. He has been in the film industry for more than 40 years.
Olu Jacobs is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Arts Academy. A movie school aimed for training movie practitioners in acting, directing, producing, script writing, photography, costumier, makeup, editing, modeling, set designed and various aspect of movie making. His academy has produced one of the best talents in the film of movie making.
Olu Jacobs was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State in the south western part of Nigeria but spent his early childhood in Kano State in the northern part of Nigeria. He attended Holy Trinity School in Kano State and obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. After which he completed his secondary school education in Lagos State, Nigeria and obtained his West African Senior School Certificate.
Olu Jacobs was already a celebrity before Nollywood was given birth to. He has been acting since the 70s and has been in the field of acting for almost 50 years. He was one of the pioneers of the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) and contributed immensely to the growth of Nollywood in Nigeria and around the world.
He was inspired to take a chance with acting when he attended one of Chief Hubert Ogunde's annual concert parties at Colonial Hotel in Kano. Afterwards, he secured a visa and travelled to England to study acting.
In England, Jacobs trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He then appeared in various British television shows and series in the 1970s (including The Goodies, Till Death Us Do Part, Barlow at Large, The Venturers, Angels, 1990, The Tomorrow People and The Professionals).
In 1978, he played the role of President Mageeba in Michael Codron's presentation of Sir Tom Stoppard's play Night and Day.
In the 1980s Jacobs appeared in several international films, including John Irvin's war film The Dogs of War, Roman Polanski's adventure-comedy Pirates (1986) and the family-adventure film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985). On television, he was a cast member in TVS's The Witches and the Grinnygog.
Jacobs has subsequently starred in over 120 Nollywood films. He is considered one of the top Nigerian Nollywood actors.
Olu Jacobs was honoured with the Industry Merit Award for outstanding achievements in acting at the 2013 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. In March 2007, Olu Jacobs won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards held in Bayelsa State in the south southern part of Nigeria.
Olu Jacobs in the cause of his career as an actor has won several awards which include Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, Most Prominent Actor in Nigeria at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Best of Nollywood Awards and Best Actor in Nigeria at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
He has also won the Best Actor of the Year at the Golden Icon Movie Academy Awards and Nollywood Most Promising Actor in Nigeria at the City People Entertainment Awards. He has been regarded as one of the most sought after actors in Nigeria. He is indeed an interesting character to watch out for in the Nigeria movie industry popularly known as Nollywood.
He is dealing with issues and it has been going on for a couple of years. It is known as dementia with Lewy Body. It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and it is almost like a Parkinson’s type of disease, it affects the brain so you don’t see the shaking. It affects the person. Always remember Olu Jacob in prayers.
One very sunny day, the Prophet Mohammed called Jarir and said, "Hey, Jarir, I need you to travel to Yemen."
Curious, Jarir asked, "Sure, but why?"
The Prophet replied, "I want you to go and destroy the kabba of Yemen people."
Jarir was a bit taken aback and responded, "Alright, my peaceful prophet. But, you know, these people are far from Mecca, and they don't disturb us."
The Prophet insisted, "Do what your prophet commands."
Reluctantly, Jarir agreed, saying, "Okay, I'll gather the horses, boys, and our swords."
So, Jarir and his boys, around one-hundred-and-fifty riders, embarked on their journey to Yemen, following the peaceful prophet's orders to destruct and kill.
A few days later, they returned from Yemen, and Jarir excitedly approached the Prophet, saying, "Hey, Prophet, we're back! We've destroyed their kabba, and we killed around 200 people."
The Prophet praised them, saying, "May Allah bless you for killing those people and destroying the kabba in Yemen."
Then, the Prophet asked if they remembered to teach the boys a particular Surah. Jarir was curious and asked, "Which one, my peaceful Prophet?"
The Prophet recited the Surah: "I do not worship what you worship. Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
Jarir replied, "Yes, my prophet, the boys memorized the Surah on our way to destroy the al-Ka'ba of Yemen."
The Prophet was pleased, saying, "Allah will shower blessings on you."
This events was recorded in the most Authentic hadith.
In the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance there was a house called Dhul-Khalasa or al-Ka'ba al-Yamaniya or al-Ka'ba ash-Shamiya. The Prophet said to me, "Won't you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?" So I set out with one-hundred-and-fifty riders, and we dismantled it and killed whoever was present there. Then I came to the Prophet and informed him, and he invoked good upon us and al-Ahmas (tribe). Sahih al-Bukhari, 5:59:641.
The Muslim historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, mentions this event as follows:
When the Apostle of God captured Mecca and the Arabs embraced Islam, among the delegates who came to pay their homage was Jarir ibn-‘Abdullah. He came to the Apostle and embraced Islam before him. Thereupon the Apostle addressed him saying, “O Jarir! Wilt thou not rid me of dhu-al-Khalasah?” Jarir replied, “Yea.” So the Apostle dispatched him to destroy it. He set out until he got to the banu-Abmas of the Bajilah [tribe] and with them he proceeded to dhu-al-Khalasah. There he was met by the Khath’am and the Bahilah, who resisted him and attempted to defend dhu-al-Khalasah. He, therefore, fought them and killed a hundred men of the Bahilah, its custodians, and many of the Khath’am; while of the banu-Qubafah ibn-‘Amir ibn-Khath’am he killed two hundred. having defeated them and forced them into flight, he demolished the building which stood over dhu-al-Khalasah and set it on fire. A certain woman of the banu-Khath’am thereupon said:
“The banu-Umamah, each wielding his spear,
Were slaughtered at al-Wahyab, their abode;
They came to defend their shrine, only to find
Lions with brandished swords clamoring for blood.
The women of the Khath’am were, then, humiliated
By the men of the Abmas, and abased.”
At the present time, dhu-al-Khalassah constitutes the threshold of the gate of the mosque at Tabalab.
−Ibn-Al-Kalbi, Hisham, The Book of Idols, pp. 31–2.
