Searching for answers to history's toughest mysteries
Hi, I'm John. I have a vivid imagination, an obsession with historical mysteries, and a love of writing and bending the Internet to research the most random things for my own amusement. Enjoy!
All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past
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