The mystery behind my mixed-race – Hiram Johnson’s uncomfortable story
As a former policeman, Hiram Johnson’s knack for investigations led him to…
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…
Fadji Maina: The first Nigerien scientist to work for NASA
Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for…
Fatou Bensouda: The Gambian woman who hunts tyrants
As chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the Hague, Fatou…
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…
The Adewumi family: The day Boko Haram militants came to our home
The Adewumi family have fled from knocking terror in their home country…
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…
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…
BL Shirelle: From drug dealer to recording artist
B.L. Shirelle was notorious in her neighbourhood by the time she was…
Meet Russel L. Honoré: The man who saves lives from storms
Born during a hurricane, Russel L. Honoré grew up as a black…
