Author Archives: Collins Casper

Looking for a role model then look no further because Gladys Casely was a beautiful and wonderful woman. Gladys was born into the Casely-Hayford family of Axim, Gold Coast on 11 May 1904. As a child, known then as Aquah LaLuah, she did not like textbooks or mathematics but was a lover of literature, devouringContinueContinue reading “Gladys Casely-Hayford”

Most black people have heard about the wonderful melanated country Ghana. A land with beautiful black women and handsome black men. Such a wonderful place but before it became free from Great Britain there was a great man who should be remembered. Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford J. E. Casely Hayford made enormously important contributions toContinueContinue reading “The uncrowned king of West Africa”

It’s the black history month and black history has to be shared around the world even in Africa. Africa has lot of rich history and I’ll be sharing it with you all Born in Lagos, Herbert Macaulay was the son of the Reverend Thomas Babington Macaulay, prominent Lagos missionary and educator, and the maternal grandsonContinueContinue reading “Father of Nigeria nationalism”

Samuel Ajayi crowther Our ancestors sailed on the ships that brought them Pain and sorrow,but not Samuel Ajayi crowther who is forever immortalized in Western Africa Samuel Ajayi Crowther  was born in the year 1809, he was a Yoruba linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria.He was given the name Ajayi in Osogun,ContinueContinue reading “The greatest Yoruba linguist Samuel ajayi crowther”