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Ethiopia and the history not seen

Posted: April 20, 2013 by Admin in Documentary, History, Video
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It is 200 years since the birth of David Livingstone, perhaps the most famous of the missionaries to visit Africa in the 19th Century. But as author and Church historian Stephen Tomkins explains, the story of an African chief he converted is every bit as incredible as Livingstone’s.

According to the title of one biography, David Livingstone was “Africa’s Greatest Missionary”.

This is an interesting claim about the Lanarkshire-born man, considering that estimates of the number of people he converted in the course of his 30-year career vary between one and none. (more…)

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Like the Jamie Foxx character in Django Unchained, many of the Old West cowboys were black

Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning Western, Django Unchained, is one of relatively few Hollywood films depicting a black cowboy. In reality there were many, some of whose stories were borrowed for films starring white actors. (more…)