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Some years ago, Nick Cannon expressed his disdain for movies like "Django Unchained" and "12 Years a Slave," saying he's uninterested in seeing Black people portrayed as slaves on film. Recognizing that African people's history started before being enslaved, the...

Shaka, king of the Zulus, was born in 1787, the son of Zulu Chief Senzangakhona and his wife, Nandi. When Shaka was 26, his father died and left the throne to a son, Sijuana. Shaka ambushed and killed Sijuana, taking...