Category Archives: Politics
Gender Inequality
10 Extreme Examples of Gender Inequality (10) Forbidden from driving: In Saudi Arabia, women aren’t allowed to drive, or even ride bikes, and men aren’t allowed to drive women they’re not closely related to. In 2002 when a girls’ school
The 250+ Tribes/ethnic Groups In Nigeria
State Language(s) & Ethnic Groups In Nigeria Abia: Igbo & Ibibio Adamawa: Hausa, Fulfulde, Bachama, Mbula, Gude, Lunguda, Kanakuru, Yandand, Batta, Highi, Kilba, Bura, Yungur Akwa-Ibom: Ibibio, Annang, Oron, Mbe, Okobo, HuMbuno, Eket, Andoni (Obolo) Anambra: Igbo Bauchi: Hausa, Fulfulde,
Cowrie Shells. The Currency of Africa.
Cowrie shells were the most popular currency within Africa. Pictures of cowrie shells adorned cave walls. The Egyptians considered them to be magical agents and also used them as currency in foreign exchange transactions. Archaeologists have excavated millions of them
The Ife Bronze Sculptures
German explorer Leo Frobenius went on an expedition to West Africa 100 years ago and discovered beautiful terracotta sculptures and brass heads from Ife, he thought he had found Plato’s lost city of Atlantis. Frobenius, later described by Wole Soyinka
