Africa – Morocco
The Trans-Saharan Salt and Gold Trade (500 BCE-1800 AD)
The Trans-Saharan Salt and Gold Trade was the major economic and cultural exchange between North Africa and West Africa, beginning...
Early Migration Out of Africa (70,000 B.C.E to 50,000 B.C.E)
Africa, the cradle of humanity, is significant in our collective history. It was here that Homo sapiens first evolved, and...
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar (1966- )
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar is a Sahrawi human rights activist and a supporter of the independence of Western Sahara. Haidar...
Ibrahim Traore (1988-)
On September 30, 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traore led a military coup in Burkina Faso, overthrowing the government of Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba....
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889-1933)
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was an Afro-Peruvian army officer who served as the 41st President of Peru from 1931 to...
Azali Assoumani
(1959- )
Azali Assoumani is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as President of Comoros since April 2019. He...
El-Ouali Mustafa Sayed (1948-1976)
El-Ouali Mustafa Sayed was the first president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (formerly known as Spanish Sahara or Western...
Mohammed VI
(1963- )
The current king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, was born in Rabat, Morocco on August 21, 1963. His parents were King...
Mohammed V (1909-1961)
Mohammed ben Youssef, the third son of Sultan Moulay Youssef, was born on August 10, 1909, in Fez, Morocco. He...
