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Thomas Fuller the African maths genius also known as "Negro Tom" and the "Virginia Calculator", was an enslaved African born in today Benin 🇧🇯 1710 and died in 1790 USA renowned for his mathematical abilities. Also known as a mental calculator. #Africa

*Kimpa Vita was burned alive with her son on her back by Catholic missionaries.*

THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY
OF THE ALMORAVIDS
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Almoravids were a fanatical group of islamized West Africans from deep within the Senegal river, who gone up to the Iberian peninsula took over the lands of the Visigoths, an European tribe that was in what became Spain
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Moorish Africans battling Europeans, from The manuscript of the Weltchronik (Chronicle of the world) written in 1410 AD. This illustration is called "Moses defeating the Moors". In this scene Moses is reimagined as a medieval European saving Europe from the invading African Moors

African Moors who introduced learning and civilization in Spain.
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The Moors began invading Spain around 711 AD when an African army, under leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa invading the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus’ (Spain under Visigoths).

The Mino: The Formidable Women Army Of Dahomey In West Africa
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Mino, which means “our mothers” in Fon language, was a group of women, raised by kings of Dahome in the Early 17th century of African era when he mobilized all forces of the Kingdom.

Ethiopian Resistance Of Italians Colonialism
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124 years ago, traditional warriors, farmers and pastoralists as well as women defeated a well-armed Italian army in the northern town of Adwa in Ethiopia. The outcome of this battle ensured Ethiopia independence.

The Ethiopian Empire
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Spreading across modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia around 1137 CE – 1975 CE, and Stretching from the Middle Ages all the way to the Cold War, the Ethiopian Empire (or Abyssinia, as it was also known) is the longest lasting of the African kingdoms.

Ancient Ife Kingdom And It's Civilization
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Ife (aka Ile-Ife) was an ancient African city which flourished between the 11th and 15th century CE in what is today Nigeria in West Africa. Ife was the capital and principal religious centre of the Yoruba people.

Did you know?
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The ancient name of Africa was Alkebulan. Alkebu-lan “mother of mankind” or “garden of Eden”.” Alkebulan is the oldest and the only word of indigenous origin. It was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart-Haddans (Carthagenians), and Ethiopians.