Showing posts with label African history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African history. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

A review of “Protestant Christianity” (audiobook)

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In 1517,  Martin Luther  wrote the “Ninety-Five Theses,” a written attack on the  Catholic Church . Luther may or may not have pinned this ...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Why are certain European languages so often spoken in Africa? (Answer: History)

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“A Declaration introducing into international relations certain uniform rules with reference to future occupations on the coast of the Afric...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Forgotten battlegrounds of the World Wars: Africa, the Middle East, and Italy

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“♪ We’re the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on the spree. Eighth Army skivers and their tanks, We go to war in ties...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

A review of “St. Augustine” (audiobook)

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In the fourth century CE, the  Roman emperor Constantine  converted to  Christianity , causing many of his subjects to follow his lead in th...
Monday, July 18, 2022

A review of PBS’s “The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela”

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“No one in my family had ever attended school ... On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. Thi...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

A review of “Islam” (audiobook)

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“ Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him . He has the Most Beautiful Names.” – English translation of The Quran, Surah 20:8 Is...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

A review of “Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity” (audiobook)

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“I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurre...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A review of “Modern Marvels: The Suez Canal” (History Channel)

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Long before the  Panama Canal  was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s  Transcontinental Railroa...
Monday, October 11, 2021

A review of “The Boer War”

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Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures. One of these, in particular, is very graphic, and may merit special caution. The ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

A review of “Islam: Empire of Faith” (PBS Empires)

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“ ˹He is˺ Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him , the Lord of the Mighty Throne.” – English translation of  The Quran, Surah...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Forgotten battlegrounds of the Cold War: Angola

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The United States actually considered intervening in an African country called “Angola” … During the  Cold War , the United States actu...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Forgotten battlegrounds of the Cold War: North Africa and the Middle East

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If there's ever been a peaceful period in Muslim history, the Cold War was not that period … If there's ever been a peaceful per...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

A review of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s “Africa's Great Civilizations” (PBS)

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“The High Contracting Parties do by the present Charter establish an Organization to be known as the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY . The O...
Friday, April 26, 2019

A review of “Egypt's Golden Empire” (PBS Empires)

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The Egyptian language might have been the first language in human history to have been written down . (Although some scholars have argued...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Egypt

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"Written by a team of pioneering archaeologists and acknowledged experts working at the cutting edge of Egyptology ... " - Th...