A Canadian university professor has discovered that the ancient practice of carving Christian churches from solid rock, a skill thought lost for half a millennium, is still alive in Ethiopia…but only just. While in Ethiopia for the first time last summer, I saw four of the 11 famed rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. It’s perhaps the […]
Read MoreEgypt’s Black Pharaohs
The Nubians were the most ancient of African civilizations and among its most successful. They conquered Egypt, stymied Rome, and grew rich as merchants and mercenaries. Their men built cities. Their women led battles. And their descendants survive today. Remember when your grade-school teachers taught you all about the Black Africans who ruled Egypt for […]
Read MoreGhana: Your introduction to Africa
For a first visit to The Mother Continent, this English-speaking nation of proud and friendly West Africans, with its link to America’s slavery past and its comfort level with Black American expats, makes a sensible choice. You’ve made up your mind: You’re finally going to Africa. But where? That’s no small question, because Africa is […]
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