Category: History
Explore the Daily Alphas archive of overlooked people, resistance, achievement and hidden history.
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CUFFY: THE ENSLAVED AFRICAN WHO NEARLY TOOK A COLONY
In 1763, an enslaved African named Cuffy helped lead one of the largest slave rebellions in the Americas. In Dutch-controlled Berbice, thousands…
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QUEEN NANNY: THE WOMAN THE BRITISH COULD NOT DEFEAT
By Jamahl Hokstam In the mountains of Jamaica, there was once a woman who built a community the British Empire could not…
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The Legend Of Shaka Zulu
History has a habit of simplifying powerful people—especially when they didn’t fit neatly into European narratives. Shaka Zulu is often remembered as…
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The Black Knight of Europe: Saint Maurice
By Jamahl Hokstam History has a habit of leaving out details that don’t fit the story it wants to tell. Saint Maurice…
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Toussaint Louverture: The Liberator of the Caribbean Islands
Toussaint Louverture was a towering figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries—a Haitian revolutionary, military strategist, and statesman whose leadership…
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Samora Machel: The First President of Mozambique
By Jamahl Hokstam Samora Moisés Machel stands as one of Africa’s most influential post-colonial leaders. As the first President of Mozambique, he…
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Yasuke: The First African Samurai
By Jamahl Hokstam Yasuke’s story is one of the most extraordinary cross-cultural encounters of the 16th century—a journey that carried an African…
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Miyamoto Musashi: Discipline, Strategy, and the Art of Overcoming Struggle
By Jamahl Hokstam Miyamoto Musashi stands as one of the most remarkable figures in Japanese history—an undefeated swordsman, a philosopher, an artist,…
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Chief Saturiwa: Leadership in 16th-Century Florida
Chief Saturiwa stands as one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of 16th-century Florida. As the paramount chief of the Saturiwa people—a…
