Soundiata Keita (August 20, 1190 – 1255) was a King of the Mali Empire; represented as the founder of this empire in the 13th century. His life and career: Son of King Naré Maghann Konaté and Queen Sogolon Kondé, who was an ugly woman but who, because of a prophecy, had to marry the king. …
Afro ☀ literature Ousmane Sembène, the novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s educational career has not been the most exemplary. An undisciplined student with a strong character, the future writer born on January 1, 1923 in Ziguinchor, Casamance (Senegal) has repeatedly been excluded from his training institutions. When he was only 13 years old, for example, …
Afro ⭐ personality Viola Desmond: The bravery of a posthumous heroine The contribution of racial minorities, particularly Blacks, to the development of Canada remains to be studied. Even today, many in our country are unaware that Africans (in the person of the interpreter and explorer Mathieu da Costa) arrived in Canada before the English and …
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Born in 1976, this Canadian lawyer of Somali origin has been a member of the Canadian Parliament representing the voters of York South-Weston since October 2015.As such, he is the first of the Somalis to hold this position in the House of Commons and the first also to hold the positions of minister in the Federal Government.
