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.