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November 23, 2023 – Thanksgiving
HEATHER COX RICHARDSONThanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got forgotten almost immediately, overwritten by the long h…Read More
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Booker T. Washington was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia in 1856.
At age 16, he left his job as a salt miner in West Virginia and walked 500 miles to Hampton, Virginia, where he was able to convince the administrators of the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) to admit him as a student. Arriving with only fifty…Read More
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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
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If anyone told you the founder of the famous Tuskegee University in USA walked 500miles and did odd jobs to pay his school fees would you believe it?
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Africàn Moors from North Africa cònquered and ruled Spain 🇪🇸 for 781 years! They ruled Spain from 711-1492.
They passed through Morocco and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to enter Iberian Peninsula, Spain.
Africàn Moors built universities and mosques in Spain. They also made huge contributions to Mathematics, Medicine, Chemistry, Ph…Read More
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Camp David Accords concluded
The Camp David Accords, negotiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, were completed this day in 1978, leading to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and a broader framework for pursuing peace in the Middle East.
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Governor Sheriff Oberevwori of Delta State of Nigeria visits Enwhe to commission Enwhe Uwheru link road.
Great job by De-wayles Agukawore.
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A Messiah of the Rastafarian movement was toppled .
* On this day in 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie 1 was deposed by a group of revolutionary soldiers that consequently ruled Ethiopia as the Derg until 1991. Selassie is often considered to be a Messiah by Rastafarians.
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There is Nothing like having a tall dream and finally watch it play out right in front of your own very eye..
African American woman Mae C. Jemison had it all planned and she work the talk and dream despite people tried to box her
For Dr. Mae Jemison, space travel was always an area of fascination. Space travel was her…Read More
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WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY 26th May.
On this day, there were a number of significant events that took place all around the world.
15CE – Julius Caesar Germanicus was born on this day. He was a Roman dictator who made reforms to the Roman Empire and was honoured with a divine title. His assassination was highly instrumental to the d…Read More
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Today’s RejiG celebrates Georgia on her Independence Day! On this day in 1918, the country established the Democratic Republic of Georgia and declared its independence from Russian empire.
Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, hosts an early-morning oath-taking ceremony in Freedom Square followed by afternoon concerts and military parades. The nat…Read More
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In 1958, Chinua Achebe wrote his first novel book “Things Fall Apart” at the age of 28, which has sold over 20 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages.
• It was ranked as one of the Greatest Books Ever Written in a list by Encyclopedia Brittanica in 2018.
• It was on number 5 on BBC’s 100 Stories That Shaped The Wor…Read More
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Wonderful and noteworthy.
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Somaliland, had their Indepndence Day Celebration on this day 18 May.
Not Somalia! I am hearing of the country for the first time! They even have a flag and national anthem (). I guess they play soccer too!
Happy Independence Somaliland! We will surely bring RejiG to you soon!
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Iconic Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe (Full Name: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe) (1930-2013) is widely regarded as the founding father of African fiction. His first novel, ‘Things Fall Apart’, written originally in English and first published in 1958, is regarded as a classic of world literature. The novel has been translated in 45…Read More
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The woman on the Nigeria 🇳🇬 twenty Naira note is Ladi Kwali. She was born in Kwali, Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was a common occupation among women.
She was so skilled that her work became known in Europe, Britain and America. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, her work was displayed in London at the Berkeley…Read More
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Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 29 January 1991), styled as Earl Grosvenor until August 2016, is a British aristocrat, billionaire, businessman and owner of Grosvenor Group.
He became Duke of Westminster on 9 August 2016, on the death of his father Gerald Grosvenor.
The Duke and his family are estimated to be worth…Read More
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.
Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five a…Read More
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On this day, 6 January, 1788, Australia was born. Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date with great fanfare and it eventually became…Read More
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On this day, January 22, 2023. Serving as a payload specialist aboard the Discovery space shuttle, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel into space.
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On this day, in 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural address, said, “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
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On this day, in 2017, after an unexpected victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
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Wow, milestone! He really was very dedicated.