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Steve Fogue, from fintech success to cutting-edge real estate in Cameroon

Visionary and builder, Steve Fogue, former co-founder of the fintech Particeep, unveils Tour Ciel in Douala, a next-generation business center. This project, at the...

Fritz Pollard, the runner who defied color

First African American coach in the NFL, Fritz Pollard was a pioneer of professional sports and a builder of freedom in the face of...

AndrĂ©s Aguiar, Garibaldi’s black lieutenant (forgotten hero of the risorgimento)

In Montevideo, he was born without a name. In Rome, he died a hero. Andrés Aguiar, a freed slave turned lieutenant of Garibaldi, crossed...

Louis-Auguste Cyparis, the man who survived the end of the world

On May 8, 1902, a pyroclastic flow destroyed Saint-Pierre in Martinique, killing 30,000 people. Only one man, a Black prisoner named Louis-Auguste Cyparis, survived....

Louis Guizot, France’s first black mayor

Born in the fire of Saint-Domingue and executed by guillotine during the height of the Terror, Louis Guizot became France’s first Black mayor in...

Camille Mortenol, the Man Who protected Paris

First Guadeloupean to enter Polytechnique, an unsung hero of World War I, Camille Mortenol embodies the colonial paradox: loyalty without recognition, excellence without legacy. A...

Carlota LucumĂ­: The woman who shook the colonial order

Carlota LucumĂ­, an enslaved woman of Yoruba origin, led one of the most powerful anti-slavery uprisings in Cuban history in 1843. From Matanzas to...

Usman dan Fodio: The sword and the Qur’an

At the crossroads of Sufi mysticism and political strategy, Usman dan Fodio built the largest Islamic state in sub-Saharan Africa during the 19th century....

Marie-Yvonne D’Almeida, the afro-optimist building bridges between the diaspora and Africa

Portrait of Marie-Yvonne D’Almeida, founder of Autour de Mary and creator of Teranga Meet. Inspired by her African roots, she is building strong bridges...

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