Culture in Perspective – Exhuming the dead among the Iteso
Exhuming the dead by the the Iteso of Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda was a practice aimed at appeasing the spirits of the living-dead.
Oct 3, 2011
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Alexander Eyong
Foundation and Rise of the Asante Empire
From its small beginnings in the city-state of Kumasi, the Asante Empire rose to become the greatest of all the Akan empires to emerge in the Guinea forest.
Jan 3, 2011
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Sheriff Garba
The Kanem-Bornu Empire
Rise of the Kanem-Borno Empire under Mai Ali Ghaji, peak of the empire under Mai Idris Alooma, and fall of the Sefawa dynasty under Mai Dalatumi in 1846.
Dec 17, 2010
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Sheriff Garba
The Songhai Empire
The founding of the Songhai Empire and its consequent rise, decline, and eventual fall.
Dec 13, 2010
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Sheriff Garba
The Empire of Mali; Sundiata's Legacy
The development of the ancient Mandingo Empire of Mali by the first Mansa of Mali, Sundiata.
Dec 9, 2010
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Sheriff Garba
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