Surprising truths about African history, science, and culture — facts you were never taught.
Did you know that Timbuktu, in present-day Mali, was a thriving center of Islamic scholarship and commerce, housing a university and numerous libraries containing vast collections of manuscripts dating back to the 12th century?
Did you know that evidence suggests ancient Africans in present-day Nigeria were performing sophisticated brain surgeries, including trepanation, thousands of years ago?
Did you know that ancient Egyptians practiced dentistry as early as 3000 BC, making them some of the world's first dentists?
Did you know that the University of Sankore in Timbuktu, Mali, was one of the world's first universities, flourishing in the 14th-16th centuries?
Did you know that Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, a 19th-century Wolof queen from present-day Senegal, fiercely resisted French colonial expansion, becoming a symbol of African resistance and female leadership?
Did you know that the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, was a thriving center of learning in the 14th-16th centuries, boasting universities and libraries that housed hundreds of thousands of manuscripts?
Did you know that Timbuktu, Mali, was a renowned center of learning and trade during the 14th-16th centuries, boasting universities and libraries that attracted scholars from across Africa and the Middle East?
Did you know that in 1803, a group of Igbo people being transported as slaves in present-day Georgia, USA, chose mass suicide over enslavement in an act of resistance known as the Igbo Landing?
Did you know that ancient Egyptians performed complex surgeries, including brain surgery, as early as 3500 BC?
Did you know that Timbuktu, Mali, was home to Sankore University, one of the world's oldest universities, boasting a vast library and attracting scholars from across Africa and the Middle East during the 12th-16th centuries?
Did you know that Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj of the Waalo kingdom in Senegal fiercely resisted French colonization in the 19th century, embodying the spirit of African resistance to foreign domination?
Did you know that the ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali was a prominent center of learning in the 14th-16th centuries, boasting libraries with hundreds of thousands of manuscripts?