Browsing: African Of The Month

Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897-1978) was a prominent Kenyan nationalist leader and the founding father of modern Kenya. He played a…

Who is Yaa Asantewaa? Yea Asantewaa was a queen of the Ashanti Kingdom in present-day Ghana. She is renowned for…

I’ll never forget what it was like growing up poor. I’ll never forget it was like my stomach churning because…

Called a ‘mad woman’ and arrested severally for her radicalism in the fight for a better Kenya, Wangari Maathai became…

Ameyo Adadevoh was born in Lagos, Nigeria in October 1956. She spent the majority of her life in Lagos. Her…