Efot Ekong, a Nigerian student at Tokai University in Japan, has been solving an unsolvable mathematical equation for 30 years. Efot Ekong is an unusual student. He recently resolved...
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Read MoreJosé Celsio Barbosa (1857-1921) was an Afro-Puerto Rican doctor, sociologist and political activist. Barbosa was also the first Puerto Rican to receive a medical degree in the United States. Barbosa was born in Bayamon,...
Read MoreN'ko writing was invented by the Guinean of Malian origin Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987). It is a system of 20 consonants and 7 vowels allowing to transcribe the Mande languages (the Mandé...
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Read MoreThe African symbols of Egypt are well known, but now is the time to discover several African symbols specially from West Africa, called Adinkra. Adinkra are visual symbols,...
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Read MoreThe Egyptians were precursors in many fields: mathematics, medicine, architecture, chemistry. Many of their inventions, improved over time, are still present...
Read MoreAndrew Mupuya (Founder and CEO of YELI) In 2008, when the Ugandan government announced its intention to ban the import, manufacture and use of polythene plastic bags which...
Read MoreThe son of American slaves, McCoy was born as a free citizen in the province of Ontario. Very quickly, he shows availability for mechanics, assembling for example the parts of a machine that he...
Read MoreWilliam Kamkwamba is a young man from Malawi, a tiny country in southern Africa. At 14, when his country was affected by famine and poverty, the young...
Read MoreInvented in 1903 in Cameroon by King Ibrahim Njoya, King of Bamoun. The king of the Bamouns, Sultan Njoya developed for more than 40 years a writing system for...
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