Global Africa – Our First ever Virtual Class of “The Decade For The People Of African Descent – 2021 –  9th October,  the class will recognize and promote – The International Decade for People of African Descent, established by the UN Member States, testifies to their will to grant due consideration to women, men and children of African descent and the African diaspora.  As a duty of justice, its main objective is to reinforce the actions and measures securing the full enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights of people of African Descent/African diasporas, to the full and equal participation.  This Decade was adopted to eradicate social injustices inherited from history and to fight against racial prejudices and discrimination that people of African Descent,  African diaspora still face today.  It also contributes to greater knowledge, appreciation, respect for people of African descent/African diaspora, and our contribution to the economic, social, intellectual, cultural, and ethical development of humanity.  People of African descent and African diaspora comprise a heterogeneous group with extremely diverse histories, experiences, cultures, and identities. However, our living conditions, challenges, and the difficulties we face differ depending on the context, our individuals encounter common problems that must be resolved.

Global Africa – Topics – The earliest man and the prehistory of Africa according to geographical areas: North, South, East, West, and Central with the Nile Valley. We will devote this to our prehistoric Culture, Art, Agricultural techniques, the development of Metallurgy etc.   The ancient civilization of Egypt for its pre-eminent place in the early history of Africa. We will deal with the civilizations of the major geographical zones, following the pattern of African historical research, namely: the corridor of the Nile, Egypt and Nubia; the Ethiopian highlands; the part of Africa later called the Maghrib and its Saharan hinterland; and, the rest of Africa as well as some of the islands in the Indian Ocean.   The History of Africa from the 7^th to 11^th Century, looking at the (Two) movements to have had a major and lasting cultural, political and economic significance on the Continent’s history during these two periods: The Increase influence of Islam and its dissemination and interaction with traditional African culture in Western/Northern regions, and the Bantu expansion in the south. Placing Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the 7th century before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration; the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples; and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa.  Discussion on the successive Islamic dynasties of North Africa and their wider contacts; the East African coast/interior; Central the Horn of Africa; Africa; Southern Africa; and Madagascar’s internal development/international contacts. Tracing the African Diaspora in Asia; examining international relations, the spread of technology and ideas within Africa; and assessing the overall impact of the period on African history.   

Africa from the 20th to the 16th century. This period constitutes a crucial phase in our continent’s history in which Africa developed its own culture and written records which became more common. There were several major characteristic themes: the triumph of Islam; the extension of trading relations, cultural exchanges, human contacts; the development of kingdoms, empires, and the people.  We will look at various civilizations of West Africa – Mali, Songhay, the Niger Bend, the Volta Basin, Uganda, Chad, Gulf of Guinea, the Hausa and the Coastal peoples from the Casamance to modern Cameroon.  North-east and East Africa, starting with Egypt and going on to Nubia, Ethiopia, and the States of the Horn of Africa, including material on the development of the Swahili civilization. The Central Africa which represents the area between the coast, the Great Lakes, the inter-lacustrine region, the basins of the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.   On Equatorial Africa and Angola, southern Africa and Madagascar and neighboring islands.  Haiti – THE FIRST INDEPENDENT BLACK COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.  Haiti, a country situated on the Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean archipelago, is rich in history, as it was home to the first successful slave revolt in and, subsequently, the first Black country to win its independence.  Afterward, poverty, natural disasters, political instability, and racial discord soon followed. African House in Britain ‘Africa House’ was opened in 1933 at 62 Camden Road with funds raised in West Africa, a substantial mid-Victorian property that today lies at the end of a jumble of shops facing Sainsbury’s supermarket.  The organization was co-founded in 1925 by the brilliant Nigerian lawyer Ladipo Solanke.  Solanke had come to London a few years earlier to complete his legal studies at University College. Fed up with the colour bar that denied African students like himself university accommodation, he campaigned for the purchase of a house in Camden Town to be used as a hostel.