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Black History Month: W E B Du Bois, scholar, agitator, pioneer Pan-Africanist

Asaase YaaFebruary 27, 2026February 27, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 27, 2026February 27, 20260

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was one of the most influential figures in the Pan-Africanist movement, organising the debut international congresses of leaders from...

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Black History Month: Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, chief conductor on the Underground Railroad

Asaase YaaFebruary 27, 2026February 27, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 27, 2026February 27, 20260

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross (“Minty”) in March 1822 to a couple on the eastern shore of Maryland who had nine children. Minty felt...

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Black History Month: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American US Supreme Court judge

Asaase YaaFebruary 23, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 23, 20260

In October 1967 President Lyndon B Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court, making him the first person of African descent to serve...

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Black History Month: Nanny, Asante Maroon leader in 18th-century Jamaica

Asaase YaaFebruary 21, 2026February 21, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 21, 2026February 21, 20260

Queen Nanny of the Maroons (circa 1686-circa 1755) is a legendary figure in Jamaica, a Yaa Asantewaa prototype in armed uprisings against British settlers. Her...

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Black History Month: “The women history forgot” — Ghana’s overlooked female freedom fighters

Winifred LarteyFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 2026

by Winifred LarteyFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 20260

Every year, Ghana’s independence story is told through familiar names — Kwame Nkrumah, J B Danquah, and the other members of the United Gold Coast...

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Mahama to present historic resolution on slave trade to UN in March

Abigail TeyeFebruary 16, 2026

by Abigail TeyeFebruary 16, 20260

President John Dramani Mahama will table a landmark resolution before the United Nations General Assembly in March, seeking global recognition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade...

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Hidden gems of African history: 8 underrated sites to discover this Black History Month

Asaase YaaFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 20260

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Black History Month: Ottobah Cugoano, anti-slavery campaigner, kidnapped on the Gold Coast at 13

Asaase YaaFebruary 9, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 9, 20260

Kobina (“Quobna”) Ottobah Cugoano, a leader in the black community in 18th-century London, is the first known African to demand the total abolition of the...

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Kwabena Owusu-Agyeman (1940-2025): farewell to a gentleman

Asaase YaaFebruary 9, 2026

by Asaase YaaFebruary 9, 20260

Kwabena Owusu-Agyeman, who has died at the age of 85, was born on 3 March 1940 to Dixon Kwajo Owusu-Agyeman, a trader and cocoa farmer,...

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Rename Kotoka Airport; coup-makers shouldn’t be national symbols – historian

Winifred LarteyFebruary 6, 2026February 6, 2026

by Winifred LarteyFebruary 6, 2026February 6, 20260

Lawyer and historian Yaw Anokye Frimpong has backed calls to rename Kotoka International Airport, arguing that Ghana should not honour individuals associated with unconstitutional military...

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Black History Month: W E B Du Bois, scholar, agitator, pioneer Pan-Africanist

Black History Month: Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, chief conductor on the Underground Railroad

Black History Month: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American US Supreme Court judge

Black History Month: Nanny, Asante Maroon leader in 18th-century Jamaica

Black History Month: “The women history forgot” — Ghana’s overlooked female freedom fighters

Mahama to present historic resolution on slave trade to UN in March

Hidden gems of African history: 8 underrated sites to discover this Black History Month

Black History Month: Ottobah Cugoano, anti-slavery campaigner, kidnapped on the Gold Coast at 13

Kwabena Owusu-Agyeman (1940-2025): farewell to a gentleman

Rename Kotoka Airport; coup-makers shouldn’t be national symbols – historian

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