Tag Archives: bravery

VIDEO: Otumfuo Osei Kwadwo ‘Okoawia’: The Asantehene whose bravery earned him a special name

From the days of Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, the Kingdom of Ashanti which he founded in 1701 has been led by men who in their own way wrote their history to be remembered for centuries. His third successor, Otumfuo Nana Osei Kwadwo through valour did not just continue the …

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The bravery of the enslaved Blacks who led the massive 1842 slave revolt

History says that after Native Americans were exempt from the slave trade in 1730, many of those Natives started owning Black slaves themselves. Of the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations), the Cherokees were the largest holder of Africans as chattel slaves. In fact, by 1860, the …

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How these two young men exhibited bravery to save a drowning man

• Two boys in Kumasi have exhibited bravery during a flood in Kumasi • A man believed to be a taxi driver, was stuck after his car was submerged in water • The two young men pulled the taxi driver from the rushing water to safety The bravery and timely …

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