Mau Mau Uprising: Bloodshed for Kenyan Freedom
Is there an African nation without bloodshed for freedom? The Mau Mau Uprising is another African history relating to the national...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Kumbwada: Where Women Rule
Have you ever heard of an exceptional kingdom where women rule? A kingdom where it is impossible for men to ascend the throne? A kingdom...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Traditional Marriage in Hausa Land
in case you intend to marry a Northern-Nigerian beauty of Hausa origins, these are the information you must be familiar with, winks!
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Nov 12, 2021
- 6 min
Calling Time: Harmful Traditional Practices in Africa and The Need for Change
Breast Ironing is the forceful flattening, massaging or pounding of pubescent girl’s breasts in order to mar their growth or try to make the
Olanrewaju Adesunloro
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
Òrìsà: The Forgotten Heroes
The first time I heard about Oduduwa is still vividly emblazoned in my mind. I was a little boy of 7. Yet, what unfolded right in front...
Oluwaseun Beatrice Wende
- Apr 30, 2021
- 8 min
Raffia On Fire
She was not the vain nor jealous type; Moremi liked to tell herself. In fact, she could be less concerned about the state of her beauty,...
Rachael Bassey
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Essay on The Deities of Efik Tradition: Ndem Efik Ebrutu
Efik history traces the origin of Ndem worship to their god’s basin (usan Abasi) which tradition says was a sacred companion of the Iboku...
Ifeoluwa Egbetade
- Mar 12, 2021
- 8 min
A Journey into African Myths: Our Thought Systems and Relevance to Science. (Literary Comp Winner)
“A man cannot live without myths” – Paulin Houndtonji. “That night, the Mother of the Spirits walked the length and breadth of the clan,...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Aba Women's War
Pioneered by women from the Owerri and Calabar provinces of south-eastern Nigeria, the “Women’s War” in Igbo history or the “Aba Women’s...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Mar 4, 2021
- 15 min
Revisiting Fictions on Pre-literate Africa
Disturbing the Paradise The advent of the European world left Africa with little or no choice. It was indeed a brutal condition of either...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
Queen Amina
Amina had been training with swords and spears, sauntering the torturous journey of killing all her doubts and fears. She had trained hard..
Haleemah Atobiloye
- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
Yèmọja
The following inscriptions are my retelling of the story of Yèmọja, from the first version I heard and the history and characteristics I...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Feb 10, 2021
- 6 min
Praise Poems in Africa
Oral poetry, just like oral literature, is usually a rendition performed in traditional societies. Therefore, oral poetry is a poetic...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Feb 7, 2021
- 5 min
Centering Africa: A Perspective on African Herbal Remedies
It was once thought that Africans had no culture, no tradition, and no linguistic prowess. It was believed that the race only reasoned...
Imisioluwa Ogunsunlade
- Jan 24, 2021
- 9 min
Taking You through The Ere: Aesthetic Dimensions and Significance of The Ere Festival.
Africa is a continent dotted with rich and diverse indigenous and modern festivals, rituals, ancestral worships which constitute the...
Sena Voncujovi
- Jul 28, 2020
- 7 min
How African Spirituality Became Tied To Satan
By Sena Voncujovi (Reposted from medium with permission) From white colonizers to contemporary pop culture A picture of a White Jesus...