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FROM BEECROFT STREET TO BIOKO: How a Street in Calabar Explains Our History with Equatorial Guinea.
From Beecroft Street to Bioko, the story comes full circle. A British colonialist who once governed Fernando Po from Calabar…
THE GREAT AKPA DISPERSAL: WAR, FLIGHT AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF A KINGDOM IN 15TH CENTURY AFRICA
The Akpa Kingdom comprised many groups that are today in the present Cross River, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa…
All Hail Iku Baba Yeye! Alafin of Oyo
by Agbonmagbe Kazeem He is not just a deputy of the gods, he is the father and mother of death,…
From One Womb to Two Towns: The Politics Behind the Split of Ugep and Mkpani (Cross River State)
In the end, the story of Ugep and Mkpani is a classic lesson that politics, whether in a family or…
From Beecroft Street to Bioko: The Man Who Renamed Ugep and Mapped Colonial Power in the Bight of Biafra
John Beecroft died on 10 June 1854 in Clarence, Fernando Po, after 25 years of residence in Africa, and was…
THE LABYRINTH OF HISTORY: THE SCRAMBLE WAS NOT ONLY FOR AFRICA
History is far wider than the parts we were taught. The scramble for Africa was only one chapter of a…
The Akpa Are Not Jukun: A Rejoinder to Amah Jones on Atakpa, Jukun Hegemony, and the Atam Identity in the Cross River Basin
sum, the historical and oral evidence suggests a critical distinction between political nomenclature and ethnic identity. The term "Akpa" functioned…
29th July 1966 – 60 Years After: The Counter-Coup in Ibadan and the Road to Civil War
In honour of his memory and service to the nation, a major boulevard in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is…
NIGERIA’S “LIONESS OF LISABI”:Remembering Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900–1978)
By Oluwafemi Omodara Many people know Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti simply as the mother of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. But…
AWOLOWO DID IT WITHOUT A SINGLE DROP OF PETROLEUM MONEY!
by Julius Afolalu If you read this to the end, you will never look at Nigerian politics the same way…
CHIEF JEREMIAH OYENIYI AWOLOWO. SAN, GCFR Thirty-Nine Years After Obafemi Awolowo
By Agbonmagbe Kazeem Never a man to shy away from controversy or debate, he was forceful with logic and unyielding…
The Erased Black Presence in Argentina: History, Myth, and the Case of María Remedios del Valle Why Are There No Black Players in Argentina? Uncovering a Hidden History
The story of María Remedios del Valle embodies both the central role Black Argentines played in building the Argentine nation…
