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The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and US soldiers outside the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returning to base after a stop in the village. [21] During the ambush, four Nigeriens, four US soldiers, and ...
Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an Americo-Liberian [1] educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the Americas who migrated to Liberia. Blyden became a teacher for five years in the British West ...
African Americans, especially civil rights activists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Julian Bond, went to Ghana to aid the country’s development and escape the racism of the United States. Some went to Ghana due to its nonalignment as a country during the Cold War. Kwame Nkrumah constantly tried to keep Ghana independent from the influences of ...
On West Africa's coast, Ghana is drawing black people from around the world. Last year marked 400 years since enslaved people arrived in America, and the country honored the resilience of black ...
The Diversity Visa Program, or green card lottery, is a program created by the Immigration Act of 1990. It allows people born in countries with low rates of immigration to the United States to obtain a lawful permanent resident status. Each year, 50,000 of those visas are distributed at random.
Doctoral advisor. Albert Bushnell Hart. Signature. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (/ djuːˈbɔɪs / dew-BOYSS; [1][2] February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and ...
The immigration of African Americans, West Indians, and Black Britons to Africa occurred mainly during the late 18th century to mid-19th century. In the cases of Liberia and Sierra Leone both were established by freed enslaved people who were repatriated to Africa within a 28-year period. [citation needed] However, other ex-enslaved people were ...
None. 6 killed. During the early hours of October 31, 2020, United States Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) conducted an operation in Northern Nigeria, resulting in the rescue of an American hostage and the killing of six of the seven captors. [5][6] The hostage, 27-year-old Philip Walton, had been kidnapped ...