Tag: United States

The Black Panther who hijacked a jet to Algeria and started again in France

It was an unusual hijacking by a group of three men, two…

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Fadji Maina: The first Nigerien scientist to work for NASA

Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for…

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Fatou Bensouda: The Gambian woman who hunts tyrants

As chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the Hague, Fatou…

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi: The eight-year-old Nigerian who won a state chess championship in US

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, second son in the Adewumi family is a rising chess…

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The Adewumi family: The day Boko Haram militants came to our home

The Adewumi family have fled from knocking terror in their home country…

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Babatunde Olatunji: The Nigerian drummer who set the beat for US civil rights

Three years before Rosa Parks' bus boycott, Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji protested…

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Lee Edward Colston: ‘I share the same name as a British slave owner’

Lee Edward Colston was in his home when he heard that a…

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BL Shirelle: From drug dealer to recording artist

B.L. Shirelle was notorious in her neighbourhood by the time she was…

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Meet Russel L. Honoré: The man who saves lives from storms

Born during a hurricane, Russel L. Honoré grew up as a black…

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