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04/06/2026

The Desert Navigators – Somalia’s Indian Ocean Empire

Source: "The Ajuran Sultanate: Maritime Power in the Horn of Africa" (Lee V. Cassanelli) / "East Africa and the Indian Ocean" (Edward A. Alpers) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







27/05/2026

The Haya Furnace – Africa’s Industrial Revolution

Source: "Complex Iron Smelting and Prehistoric Culture in Tanzania" (Peter Schmidt & Donald H. Avery, Science, 1978) / "Iron Technology in East Africa" (Peter Schmidt) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







27/05/2026

The Ishango Bone – The World’s First Calculator

Source: "The Mathematics of the Ishango Bone" (Dirk Huylebrouck) / "The Ishango Bone: The Cradle of Mathematics?" (Vladimir Pletser) / Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.







21/05/2026

The Map the Empire Couldn't Read

Source: "The Mapping of Africa" (Jeffrey C. Stone) / "Borders, Boundaries, and Horizons in African History" (A.I. Asiwaju) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







14/05/2026

The Ife Heads – The Bronze Revolution

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13/05/2026

Ethiopia's Medieval Medicine: Ancient Manuscript Secrets for Healing and Disease Prevention Strategies

Source: "The History of Ethiopian Medicine" (Richard Pankhurst) / "Medicinal Plants of Ethiopia" (Dawit Abebe) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







12/05/2026

The Secrets of Great Zimbabwe: Africa’s Medieval Engineering Masterpiece

Source: "The Prehistory of Southern Africa" (J. Desmond Clark) / "Great Zimbabwe: Musha we Vanhu" (P.S. Garlake) / UNESCO World Heritage Centre.







11/05/2026

Madagascar’s Forgotten War: The Bloody 1947 Uprising Against France

Source: "Madagascar 1947: La tragédie oubliée" (Jean Fremigacci) / "The 1947 Uprising in Madagascar" (Françoise Raison-Jourde) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







10/05/2026

Queen Nzinga: The Strategic Military Brilliance That Halted Portuguese Expansion in Angola

Source: "Nzinga Mbandi" (UNESCO Women in African History) / "The Kingdom of Kongo and Ndongo" (John Thornton) / General History of Africa (UNESCO).







09/05/2026

Yasuke – The African Samurai who Shook Japan

Source: "African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke" (Thomas Lockley) / "The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga" (Ota Gyuichi) / UNESCO General History of Africa.







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