Nigeria has reserved a throne for the Queen of England - here's why

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Nigeria has reserved a throne for the Queen of England - here's why

Being a constitutional democracy, Nigeria elects its representatives, however, the hundreds of ethnic communities scattered across the country still acknowledge their own traditional rulers. It is widely accepted that out of these traditional leaders, the king (Obong) of the Efik Kingdom in southern Nigeria is one of those highly respected. The Efik ethnic group, primarily...

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My argument that the South African military is not up to the task of fighting COVID-19 draws from research on its internal deployment and my own continuing research on the democratic nature of South Africa's civil-military

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4 Types of Slavery in Africa

Whether slavery existed within sub-Saharan African societies before the arrival of Europeans is a hotly contested point between Afrocentric and Eurocentric academics. What is certain is that Africans were subjected to several forms of slavery over the centuries, including chattel slavery under both

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Slavery Purchased America's Freedom

Slavery Purchased Americas Freedom: While the white Americans profit from slave trade, they actually benefited from the slave system to fund the war against England. As one historian put it, Americans actually purchased their freedom with products grown by slaves and then traded to the French

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Two U.K. Companies Apologize, Pledge Donations Over Slavery Legacies

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Prince Harry and Meghan Sign Production Deal with Netflix

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Rwanda Ready to Deliver Impactful, Safe CHOGM 2021 - Biruta

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