Gerald Bogle Levy better known as Bogle and also as Bogle Dancer, Mr Bogle, Father Bogle and Mr Wacky, was a Jamaican dancehall star, dancer and choreographer. Beenie Man (one of the dancehall legends from the early 90s) called Bogle “the greatest dancer of all time” and recognised as “part of the foundation and as […]
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After Jesus rose from the dead and left the earth, Mary Magdalene stayed in Jerusalem for sometime but left with her brother Lazarus when the Romans persecuted the church for fun and as entertainment killings during their paganic festivals. She fled to France, then called Gaul and preached the good news of Christ there. According […]
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The Epic of Gilgamesh consists of tales of an ancient king which started as different stories and poems dating back at least to the Sumerian 3rd Dynasty of Ur (ca 2100BCE). They were later combined into what is now known as the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, which became a popular piece of literature in ancient Mesopotamia. […]
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More than 1,500 years after creation, when antediluvian men (men who existed before the great floods) had penetrated into all parts of the eastern hemisphere, but probably had not yet crossed the great rivers, Euphrates and Tigris, there lived in old Babylonia, then called the land of Nod, a husband of the family of Lamech, […]
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The term “Caucasian” connotes different interpretations, depending on perspective and context. Literally speaking, “Caucasian” refers to people from the Caucasus mountain region, which includes Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, parts of north Iran, and central southern Russia. This is a geographical ancestry term, which could have implications for genetics if used precisely. However, “Caucasian” today wrongly refers […]
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The modern country called Iraq (which developed out of ancient Babylon) has been a cradle of civilization since 4,800 BC. The first systems of writing and justice are believed to have originated from Sumeria and Babylon (now Iraq). The Sumarians, an ancient people, are claimed by white scholars to be of unknown origin because they […]
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Mutwa was a storyteller (historian), painter, sculptor and author. In his personal narratives, he wove African mythology, Zulu folklore and professed to have encounter meta-humans and extraterrestrial beings. When he was alive he devoted most of his energy towards preserving African culture and challenging the tendency (by extension the status quo) to relegate African cultural […]
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was Ghana’s first president who had a very deep sense of spirituality. His quest for a United Africa caused him to travel all over Africa and that also meant consolidating his Spirituality. He formed a West African Solidarity with Guinea and Mali to push the anti-colonial agenda from 1952 to 1972. In […]
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The sacred Osun Osogbo Festival is an annual cultural event held in Osun State (Of Yoruba Kingdom) in Nigeria. The event attracts spectators and worshippers from all over the world in the month of August every year. The festival (which is organised in first 2 weeks of August) usually commences with a rite called “Iwopopo”, […]
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The Mysterious Giant of Atacama is a 119-meter long figure drawn on the northwest flank of Cerro Unita (Chile) on the surface of the earth. Some Scientists and Historians strongly believe the Atacama Giant was likely an astronomical guide, as the lines that stretch off the figure’s head predict the movement of the moon and […]
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Sultan Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif of Morocco reigned from 1672 to 1727 and was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite or ‘Alawi dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. The dynasty rose to power in the 17th century, beginning with Mawlay al-Sharif who was declared sultan of the Tafilalt region in 1631. […]
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At the upper part of the Volta River, Sanlé Sory rose to the pinnacle of Burkinabe photography in the 1960s. Malians like Seydou Keita and Malick Sidibe made names for themselves too in photography in Mali. In Angola, Antoine Freitas was introduced to the photo business by missionaries. He captured the searing revolution and uprising […]
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The Nzema people of modern Ghana are part of a very large Akan family who moved from various locations to settle at their present location. They currently live in southwestern of modern Ghana and in the southeast of modern Côte d’Ivoire. The Nzema area is divided into two electoral districts of Nzema East District and […]
The iconic Taj Mahal is an ancient relic mausoleum which was commissioned to be built in 1631 by legendary Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the remains of his beloved wife. Emperor Shah Jahan was madly in love with Mumtaz Mahal, his dear wife to the point of obsession. She was a Muslim Persian princess […]
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The Ejisu Traditional Area consists of a number of towns and villages who are Twi speaking Akans. These towns and villages were all founded by the group of the Asona clan that founded Asotwe, Ejisu and Bonwire. Akan tribes mostly have eight (it’s seven in some Akan states) Abusua (Matrilineal clans) in each state. The […]
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The Owoo brothers, Nee Owoo II, alias George Owoo, Esq. (born in Accra, 1861 to 1934) and Rebert Owoo, Esq. also born in Accra, 1866 were merchants in “Funtumia Elastica” from the 1890s. Funtumia elastic, commonly named ‘silk rubber’, is a medium-sized deciduous tree. Funtumia elastica (Apocynaceae Family) is one of such plants which, apart from […]
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The wedding vows as practised in most English-speaking countries derive ultimately from the Sarum rite of medieval England. The first part of the vows of the Sarum rite is given in Latin, but is instructed to be said by the priest “in linguam materna”, i.e. in the “mother tongue” of those present. Marriage vows, as […]
RESEARCH
The Babylonians Developed The 7 Days of The Week System 2,300 Years Before The Biblical Christ was Born
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Babylonia was a state in ancient Mesopotamia. It was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in central-southern Mesopotamia and parts of Syria. The name “Babylon” is derived from the Akkadian word babilu meaning “gate of god.” Akkad was the northern (or northwestern) division of ancient Babylonia. The early inhabitants of this region were […]
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Mobile libraries can be traced as far back as 1850’s England with a horse-drawn “Perambulating Library.” A similar mode of transporting reading material was active in Washington County, Maryland, in 1905, the first of its kind in the United States. In 1904 the People’s Free Library of Chester County, South Carolina served the rural areas […]
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The Nestlé company which manufactured MILO is headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It’s a multinational food and drink processing conglomerate which was established in 1866. They are the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. MILO In 1934, during the Great Depression, Nestle Australia wanted […]