Interesting facts about the Great Walls of Benin in Nigeria, one of the world’s largest man-made earth structures.

It may not be as famous as the Great Wall of China, but it was at one time in history the largest man-made structure in the world. Constructed over a period of 600 years, the Great Walls of Benin was located at the southern border of the defunct Benin Kingdom, which was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in West Africa.

This is why people are putting their ‘I voted’ stickers on Susan B Anthony’s grave.

Millions of voters who cast their ballots in the midterm elections spent the rest of the day proudly wearing their “I voted“ stickers.

African pastors ‘reaching for the heavens’ with their private jets.

Though Africa is largely seen as the poorest continent, it is, however, home to quite a considerable number of multimillionaires and billionaires and collating a list of these “well-to-do” personalities can never be complete without including the “men of God”.

Joy as single mom of five passes bar exam after gracefully graduating law school.

 

The mother of five children who wowed everyone in May after photos of her graduation went viral has just passed her bar exam to the joy of many. Being a single mother and working towards a professional degree is challenging, but the 33-year-old, Ieshia Champs, who has beaten the odds learned on Monday that she had passed the exam, expressing her excitement on Facebook.“God, you did that! Ieshia N. Champs, Esq.

Tanzanian woman made a fortune as a miner by disguising herself as a man.

Pili Hussein was 31 when she ran away from her abusive husband in the late 1980s in search of work. Growing up in a large family in Tanzania, Hussein was one of 388 children of a livestock keeper who had many large farms and six wives

Michelle reveals the biggest secret of the Obamas.

The Obamas have opened up about what many would describe as their biggest secret having to go through in vitro fertilization to conceive their two daughters. The two resorted to IVF after the former First Lady, Michelle Obama was left feeling “lost and alone” following a miscarriage 20 years ago.“We were trying to get pregnant and it wasn’t going well.”

Diagnosed with HIV as a pregnant teen, Livey Van Wyk beat the odds to become Namibia’s youngest mayor.

Jo-Ann Livey Van Wyk was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 17 while she was still at school, and this naturally changed her life forever.“It all started out as being an innocent young child at school, and then I fell pregnant. I was 5 months pregnant at the time when I received a phone call from the doctor saying I needed to come in immediately.

How African courts glorify colonialism with wigs and gowns.

The tradition of wearing horsehair wigs, perukes, ‘a term derived from the French word perruque (weaving wig)’ and gowns by the judiciary predates the 15th Century. In the 14th Century, during the reign of King Edward III, the accepted costume for nobles who appeared before the Court of the king was the robe.

There are 19 new judges in Texas, and they’re all black women.

The 2018 midterm election has sparked debates about the impact of voting and the role of African Americans in American society. Some may say that the current administration perpetuates division and hate and that now more than ever, blacks need to have their voices heard not just by protesting or using tools like social media, although that is a start.

This is what a Nigerian traditional ruler told Prince Charles about stolen artefacts by Britain.

The colonisation of Africa by European nations did not only rid Africa of its people and dignity but also traditional and cultural symbols and artefacts which have been kept in European museums like trophies.