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11/06/2026

Born from refugees. Built by warriors. Ibadan rose out of the ruins of Oyo with no king, no royal bloodline, no throne. Leadership went to most powerful. Then in 1840 they stopped the Fulani advance at Osogbo and changed everything.

11/06/2026

Samuel Johnson spent his life writing down Yoruba history before it vanished. He sent the manuscript to London. It got lost for years. He died in 1901 without ever seeing it printed. His brother rebuilt it from drafts. It nearly burned in World War 1. It finally came out in 1921, twenty years after his death.

10/06/2026

For over 100 years, almost everything we think we know about the Yoruba past came from one book. Now some people say that book got it all wrong. That he was biased. That he twisted Yoruba origins to fit Christian ideas. Some even say he destroyed Yoruba history. So which is it?

10/06/2026

Oyo didn't just rule major parts of Yoruba land. It ruled Dahomey. It ruled the Popo states. It ruled kings who had their own kingdoms. At its height, thousands of rulers answered to the Alaafin. This was not influence. This was empire.

09/06/2026

The oldest city was never the most powerful. The most powerful never united everyone. And the moment one almost did, everything fell apart. This is what power actually looked like in Yoruba land.

08/06/2026

We are told colonialism ended. We are told Africa is free.
But right now, in 2026, there are pieces of African land that are legally part of Europe. Not former colonies. Not influenced by Europe. Legally, constitutionally part of European countries.
Réunion is an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Since 1946, it has been an official overseas department of France. It is part of the European Union. The people there use Euros. French law applies.
Mayotte is also in the Indian Ocean, also off the coast of Africa, and also legally France.
Move to the other side of the continent. The Canary Islands sit off the northwest coast of Africa and belong to Spain. Ceuta and Melilla are two cities physically inside Morocco's borders, on Moroccan land, and they also belong to Spain. Morocco has been asking for them back since 1956. Spain has refused.
These are not historical footnotes. These are current realities. African land. European flags. Today.
Colonialism did not fully end. In some places, it just changed its name.

07/06/2026

In 2024, Nigerians living abroad sent home $20.93 billion. That is more than Nigeria earned from oil exports.
According to the World Bank, Nigeria received nearly 37% of all remittances sent to the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024. One country. 37% of the entire region.
These are not government funds. Not foreign aid. Not IMF loans. This is individual Nigerians, working abroad, choosing every month to send money back home to their families.
Every hospital bill paid by a relative in London. Every school fees paid by a cousin in Houston. Every family home completed by a brother in Toronto. That is what is keeping millions of Nigerian households above water.
Not the government. The diaspora.
The same people who were called Japa. The same people told they abandoned their country. Those people are sending home more money than the oil wells are producing.
Nigeria's greatest export is not oil. It is Nigerians.

06/06/2026

For 18 consecutive years, the most peaceful country in Africa has been Mauritius.
Not Ghana. Not Rwanda. Mauritius.
According to the 2025 Global Peace Index, which ranks 163 countries using 23 different indicators, Mauritius sits at number 26 in the world. Not just in Africa. In the world.
Now consider the context. Mauritius is a former slave colony. A tiny island of about 1.3 million people whose ancestors came from Africa, India, China, and France. Different religions. Different languages. Different histories of pain.
And yet, they built the most peaceful country on the continent by investing in education, building strong democratic institutions, keeping their military small, maintaining a free press, and ensuring genuine political representation across communities.
No oil. No diamond mines. No massive army. Just 18 years of choosing peace deliberately.
Watch the full video and tell us what Africa can learn from this.

05/06/2026

Nigeria produces more films than America every single year.
Hollywood releases roughly 700 films a year. Nollywood releases over 2,500. That makes Nigeria the second largest film industry on earth, sitting right between Bollywood and Hollywood.
Nollywood is now worth over $6.4 billion. In 2023 alone, it accounted for 96.5% of all box office revenue in English-speaking Africa. Its films are on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and every major streaming platform in the world.
The Black Panther Wakanda Forever premiere in 2023 was not held in London or New York. It was held in Lagos.
Nigeria did not just join the global entertainment industry. Nigeria built the second biggest one on earth. From scratch. With nothing but creativity and hunger.

04/06/2026

The strongest currency in Africa belongs to a country with no significant oil wealth.
As of 2025, the Tunisian Dinar is the strongest currency on the African continent. One US dollar buys roughly 3 Tunisian Dinars. In Nigeria, that same dollar buys around 1,400 Naira. The Naira has lost over 70% of its value in just two years. Ghana's Cedi lost nearly half its value before the government was forced to go to the IMF.
Tunisia built its currency strength through controlled monetary policy, managed inflation, strong trade ties with Europe, and a government that refused to let the currency float freely and collapse.
Africa has the resources. What some countries are still learning is how to manage them.
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