Journey Through the African Diaspora
History is what happened, but it’s also why it happened. On Our History Matters, you’ll learn about events, people, places, and things that have shaped history.
Let Our Voices Be Heard
OurHistoryMatters is a comprehensive knowledge and information enterprise that promotes Africa and African-descended peoples globally. This will be done by enlightening, explaining, expatiating, enquiring, and educating about Global African conditions.
OHM is dedicated to rewriting, rethinking, and reinterpreting the negative, one-sided, and partial information on Africa and its sons and daughters that has passed for knowledge for centuries. It is to reorder the priorities of the African world by liberating the mind. OHM will use history as a way to interpret the present and create the future.
Empowering Herstory:
Honoring Trailblazing Women
As we commemorate Women's History Month, it's essential to recognize the extraordinary achievements and resilience of women who have shaped our world. From activists and leaders to artists and innovators, women have played pivotal roles in every aspect of society, often overcoming significant obstacles and barriers.
Our curated Spotify playlist pays tribute to these trailblazing women, showcasing a diverse array of female artists and their empowering anthems. Through music, we celebrate the strength, courage, and determination of women throughout history and inspire future generations to continue breaking barriers and pursuing their dreams.
This playlist is more than just a collection of songs; it's a testament to the power of women's voices and the impact they have had on our culture and society. As we listen to these songs, let us reflect on the achievements of women past and present, and recommit ourselves to advancing gender equality and empowerment for all.
The Real Story
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We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.
- John Hope -
(June 2, 1868 – February 22, 1936)
A triangular trade pattern emerged which connected the Americas, Europe, and Africa. In addition, trade and other incursions brought other parts of the world into this pattern, thereby cementing one large global network of societies.
At the root of this relationship was the economic imperative, and at its root was the trade in human cargo. This trade, and the system of slavery it established around the world, held the globe together like glue.
JOHN HOPE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATOR WHO, TOGETHER WITH W.E.B. DUBOIS AND WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER, FOUNDED THE NIAGARA MOVEMENT IN 1905 TO END LEGAL SEGREGATION, AGITATE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, AND FIGHT THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE. HE EVENTUALLY BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF MOREHOUSE COLLEGE AND, LATER, THEN ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
Heed John Hope’s words by choosing the cyber bypath to continue to illuminate the glorious history of Africans in America. It is a comprehensive knowledge and information enterprise whose primary purpose is to promote Africa and African-descended peoples globally. This will be done by enlightening, explaining, expatiating, enquiring and educating about Global African conditions.
OHM is therefore dedicated to rewriting, rethinking, and reinterpreting the negative, one-sided, and partial information on Africa and its sons and daughters that has passed for knowledge for centuries. It is to reorder the priorities of the African world by liberating the mind and re-centering the African voice in the global marketplace in an effort to inform choices for the future.
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