by:Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Early Life Yanga also known as Nyanga is believed to have been born in the year of 1545, on the 14th of May.Some researchers say he came from the Bran people of the coastal central African nation of Gabon, and was a member of its royal family. He was eventually captured and […]
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: GASPAR YANGA❤🖤💚
By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Origins Yasuke is believed by some scholars to of come from the Yao people of modern-day Mozambique. Therefore some believe his name Yasuke derived from “Yao-Suke”, suke being a Japanese suffix added to a male name, so Yasuke most likely meant a man of Yao origin. There are varying accounts saying […]
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: THE AFRICAN SAMURAI-YASUKE
By:Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Young King Osei Tutu I was born in what is modern-day Ghana in 1660. When Osei Tutu I inherited the title of Kumasihene (king of Kumasi). Tutu would use this new influence to get the other Akan city-states to unite against the regional African hegemonic power,who were also an Akan people known […]
BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT:KING OSEI TUTU I: THE FATHER OF THE ASANTE EMPIRE
By:Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Early Life David Fagan was born in Tampa,Florida in 1875. Fagan served in the United States 24th regiment of the United States army. Revolutionary However on the 17th of November 1899, Fagan would leave the United States army and joined the Filipino liberation army. No one is quite sure why Fagan and […]
Black History Spotlight:From Black American Soldier to Filipino Freedom Fighter: The Story of David Fagan
Leon Kwasi "DaPoet" Kuntuo-Asare 