Category: History
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Mandela: 15 Pearls of Wisdom
Mandela’s “15 Pearls of Wisdom” is delivered by the most politically gifted individual ever and the most admired in history. He helped engineer the first peaceful, non-violent revolution in history
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Neil Armstrong Standing On The Moon
Astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930 — 2012) died on Saturday at the age of 82. He will be remembered as the first human to set foot on the moon, landing on July 20 1969.
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Ethiopia: King Solomon The Queen Of Sheba And The Black Jews — Part 2
Under the Jewish Law of Return, over a period of 60 years, nearly 80000 black Ethiopian Jews return to the land of Israel, their spiritual home.
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Ethiopia: King Solomon The Queen Of Sheba And The Black Jews — Part 1
Ethiopian black Jews converted to Christianity believing that the messiah was Christ and, as Judeo-Christians and black Jews, saw no contradiction with the Old Testament
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Gold In South Africa And The Ancient Indian Connection
Like most South Africans I learnt that the history of gold in Southern Africa started with the arrival of European explorers. The truth may be very different.
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Marilyn Monroe American Icon
Without any acting experience, Marilyn became a Hollywood media star and a legend in a career that spanned 16 years and 29 movies. Born Norma Jean Baker (1926 – 1962), Marilyn Monroe began her career as a model and landed her first film contract in 1946. She made her first appearance on the cover of…
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American Icon 1950s Cadillac
This great American icon of American success and the American dream, the 1950s Cadillac, is beautifully drawn here by renowned artist John Harding. See a portfolio of John Harding’s work here. When this famous automobile first appeared on the streets the classic lines of the 1950s Cadillac defined an era. The style embodied the optimism…
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Mr Gene Sharp: Why Dictators and Despots Fear His Name Everywhere
Gene Sharp is relatively unknown to the American public. Around the world he is held in high esteem by activists and is regarded with fear and animosity by many authoritarian leaders. This humble, shy 83-year-old intellectual, through his practical writings on non-violent revolution, has had a broad influence on international events for two decades. Though…
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Revolution Comes to Egypt and Sweeps Across The Arab World
Tonight as I write this a revolution of change is sweeping the Arab countries of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen. The revolution was started in Tunisia by Mohamed Bouazizi (26), a humble vegetable vendor. He set himself alight in December as a sign of protest. Mohamed had endured police…
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The Grande Hotel in Beira Mozambique is Squatter Heaven
On the North-Eastern border of South Africa lies the country of Mozambique. Here, in the port city of Beira, the magnificent Grande Hotel was built in the mid 1950’s when the country was still under Portuguese colonial control. It was by far the most luxurious Hotel in Africa. In the mid 1970s I visited Mozambique…