John Edmonstone: The Moorish Genius who Schooled Charles Darwin – by Jide Uwechia
Darwin wrote home that “I am going to learn to stuff birds, from a blackamoor … he only charges one guinea, for an hour every day for two months”. These lessons in nature and taxidermy were provided to him by a black man named John Edmonstone. Here is his story:read more
Who Is Paying Orly Taitz: The Birther Madness Movement, A Strange Coalition of rightwing Jews and so-called “white” supremacists – Abdulkhadir Xread more
Greece will vaccinate its entire population of 12 million against the H1N1 swine flu pandemic which has swept around the world in weeks, killing hundreds of people, the country’s health minister said on Friday.read more
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is embarking on her biggest international trip yet: Africa. Seven countries in 11 days. Issues as diverse as economic entrepreneurship and gender-based violence.read more
In the heart of southern Africa lies the scattered evidence of a lost civilisation whose people built some 20,000 stone structures. These breathtaking ruins constitute the largest continuous stone settlement ever built on Earth as it stretches over thousands of kilometres from South Africa all the way to Kenya and beyond…..read more
American-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer has signed a settlement worth up to $75m (£45m) with the Nigerian state of Kano, a joint statement says. read more
To the small but growing number of racially motivated haters, intolerants and other crackpot fringe of the Republican Party who insist derisively that Mr. Barack Obama the first Black President of United States is not a US citizen, Brother Michael Steele the Chairman of the Republican Party and leader has this message. read more