Category: History
Explore the Daily Alphas archive of overlooked people, resistance, achievement and hidden history.
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Patrice Lumumba: The Rise, Struggle, and Silencing of an African Icon
Few figures embody the hope, turmoil, and betrayal of Africa’s struggle for independence more powerfully than Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first democratically…
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Ziryab: The Forgotten Genius Who Shaped Modern Culture
In the 9th century, long before the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, a man named Ziryab revolutionized the cultural landscape of…