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By Anass Sedrati

Guest Contributor

November 26, 2020

Pre-colonial Madagascar Had All The Elements of a Modern State

Learn more about the rich history of this country where women and men had equal rights, and where schooling for children was mandatory already in 1881, 15 years before its colonization by France in 1896.

View of Antsahatsiroa, Madagascar.

By Redouane Lguensat

Contributing Editor

September 1, 2020

The oldest continually operating higher learning institution in the world is African

Learn about the history of this millenium-old university and the amazing story of its founder Fatima al-Fihri.

al-Qarawiyyin University, Fez

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