Ibrahim Anoba

She ruled as Queen Mother, defied the British, and died in captivity, all to advance Asante freedom.

As we continue to uncover more about the ancient African world, Anoba will highlight figures who had a profound impact on early Africa’s development.

The power and importance of Aksum were paralleled by no other African civilization during the period of its existence besides Egypt writes Ibrahim Anoba in his latest installment of Ancient African economies.

Anoba’s second of three pieces covers Egypt’s powerful southern neighbor(s): Nubia and Kush.

Free markets are base requirements for complex and developing civilizations. In this new series, Ibrahim Anoba surveys the evidence from ancient Africa.

Ethiopian victory over the Italians inspired resistance to empire for generations, across the globe.

How did Ethiopians remain independent while Europeans carved up the rest of their continent?–with a culture of resistance fifteen centuries old.