Nigerian Tribune on MSN2d
Luwo Gbagida: Oluwo frowns at report ‘distorting Yoruba history’
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has frowned at reports distorting Yoruba history regarding the only female monarch ...
BBC5d
The remarkable hidden life of London writer Samuel Johnson
Francis Barber had been a slave in Jamaica before being brought ... his incredibly quotable and repeatable epigrams, Samuel Johnson's personality has made a permanent imprint on the English ...
allAfrica.com on MSN4d
BBC documentary on female Ooni, a distortion of Yoruba history – Oluwo
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has chided the British Broadcasting Cooperation, BBC, ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN2d
Luwo Gbagida not Ooni but 16th Alaafin of Ile-Ife — Oluwo of Iwo
The Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has clarified a report regarding the only female Ile-Ife monarch, ...
Trump Doesn’t Get to Decide What the Constitution Means
Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve ...
The New Yorker18d
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to ...
literaryreview4d
The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson’s Heir
The punishment was not a one-off; Derby, a famished slave, was repeatedly caught eating his master ... and even penned a few sniffy remarks about Dr Samuel Johnson – who was, so he had heard from an ...
Premium Times4d
Oluwo of Iwo accuses BBC of distorting Luwo Gbagida’s history
Oluwo Akanbi says BBC goofed in the story it told about Luwo Gbagida, the only known female monarch of Ile Ife.
MPR News2d
Reporter’s notebook: Minneapolis police, Black men find common ground in Alabama’s past
A group of Minneapolis police officers and Black residents explored history museums and historic sites in Alabama detailing ...
Daily Local News on MSN16d
Kennett and Lincoln unite for liberty’s pursuit as people honor Dr. Martin Luther King
The granddaughter of a former slave delivered the keynote address in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King on Monday at Lincoln University. Delivering remarks for nearly an hour, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, ...