Luke Pepera
LukePepera
From Aesop to Rap: The History of African Oral Storytelling Thank you to everybody who has read, liked, retweeted, and commented on the stories I've told so far. I hope
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Africa's Forgotten Slave Trade I hope that the stories I've told so far have revealed some of the richness and diversity of Africa's past. As we well know, there is
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The Warrior-Queens of Africa The kingdom of Ndongo was located in what is now Angola. Queen Nzinga, its most famous monarch, is best known for having negotiated with, then later
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The African 'Odyssey' and the Story of Sundiata Keita. The gods, kings, and mythical creatures of ancient Greece and Rome are well known to us. The names of Heracles, Odysseus,
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Without further ado, let us begin with the story of the king who was so rich he single-handedly collapsed economy of medieval Egypt! He's also the richest individual who's ever
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