Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, the last queen of Senegal who fought off the French, Arabs and Moors

Located in what is now Senegal and parts of Mauritania, the Waalo kingdom was one of the strongest and oldest kingdoms in Senegal existing since the 11th century. Before the invasion of the Arabs, the people practised the matrilineal system which gave women equal rights and privileges as men.

Do you want to go to this snake massage parlor in Egypt? [Video]

Why would anyone want to visit a specialist who is massaging people with snakes? According to the spa owner Sawat Sedki, snake massages offer both “physical and emotional” benefits to patrons if they are willing to overcome their fears and submit to the serpentine healing. Sedki is a snake massage therapist in his spa in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt.

Nicki Minaj agrees to pay $450k to Tracy Chapman to settle two-year-long copyright suit

Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay $450,000 to seasoned singer and songwriter Tracy Chapman to settle a copyright lawsuit the latter brought against her for allegedly sampling her song without her permission.

George Carruthers, the inventor whose camera took the first images of space

“He will be remembered as an amazing scientist, engineer, professor, and mentor.” Those were the words of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSP) when it announced the death of its member Dr George R. Carruthers, who passed away December 26 at a Washington hospital.

Wallace Henry Thurman the man who penned the phrase ‘the blacker the berry’

Wallace Henry Thurman was in the early 1930s acknowledged as one of the leading novelists, poets, critics, and playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance. Yet, he questioned the very existence of the movement.

Idubor, the giant warrior prince of Benin who could uproot palm trees with his bare hands

Idubor came into this world at a time Great Benin was an important state that flourished in southern Nigeria. Also known as Arhuanran (sometimes spelt Aruanran), Idubor would have been the Oba (king) of Benin in the 1500s had his birthright not been taken away from him and given to his younger brother, Esigie, who was born on the same day he was.

Supfrica messaging app created by a Sierra Leonean man could be Africa’s next Whatsapp

The social messaging industry is going through a crisis as more and more users become apprehensive of privacy invasion. WhatsApp, the world’s biggest messaging platform, is forcing its users to share personal data with Facebook, its parent company, before February 8.

Dr. Dre 'agrees to pay $2M temporary spousal support' to estranged wife Nicole Young

Hip hop mogul, Dr Dre has reportedly agreed to pay his estranged wife Nicole Young $2 million in temporary spousal support amid their ongoing divorce battle.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest person

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world, with a net worth of more than $185 billion. An increase in his company’s share price on Thursday, January 7, pushed Musk past Jeff Bezos, who had been the richest person since 2017 and is currently worth about $184 billion.

Twitter bans Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell in QAnon purge

President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney, Sidney Powell have been banned on Twitter as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the insurrection at U.S. Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters.