Hello and Welcome, Fellow History Lovers. I hope all is well and your summer isn’t a boiling hellhole. This Seams Interesting is a regular column focused on overlooked, weird, and forgotten people and events throughout history. It’s no secret that I love African history (I have over 30 books specifically on it). I’ve already covered
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Hello and Welcome, This Seams Interesting is a monthly column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. February’s Topic is… AMINA OF ZARIA: African Warrior Queen Extraordinaire Africa has a deep and rich history going from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the golden coast of the Asasnte to the Dahomey
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Hello and welcome, this is This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. November’s topic is… QUEEN ANNA NZINGA: The Humiliator of the Portuguese This has taken far, far, far too long but I am finally tackling African history. I’m sorry and formally
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