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Nana Asma'u never built a classroom, and her school network for women is still running #TYSK 2:36

Nana Asma'u never built a classroom, and her...

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2 weeks ago

A school system started in Sokoto in the 1830s with no school buildings, and it is still running; S...

Taken by slave raiders at twelve, he found his mother alive twenty five years later. Guess who #TYSK 2:10

Taken by slave raiders at twelve, he found...

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2 weeks ago

He survived capture and separation from his family. Years later, his story took an unexpected turn. ...

The king of Lagos signed Lagos over to Britain in 1861, with a warship in the harbour #TYSK 1:46

The king of Lagos signed Lagos over to...

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3 weeks ago

The Lagos treaty of 1861 sits at the centre of this story: a king, British naval pressure and a sign...

The shortest war ever? 38 minutes. #TYSK #didyouknow 1:44

The shortest war ever? 38 minutes. #TYSK #didyouknow

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3 weeks ago

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was over in less than an hour. Its short duration is only part of the story. ...

Hello was a shout, not a greeting, until 1877. And the telephone's inventor hated it. #TYSK #History 2:13

Hello was a shout, not a greeting, until...

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4 weeks ago

Why do we answer the phone with hello? The telephone helped turn a familiar call for attention into ...