Personal interests in the medical world make me do a lot of research in this field, especially in the history of medicine and how it has evolved over the years. If you would have told me that back in the 19th century, when slavery was still common, society believed that Black people were more resilient to pain than white people I would have understood the origin of this misconception. However, what truly surprised me is to find out that not only is this myth still believed to this day, but also that international medical schools are still teaching this lie!

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Lina Marcela Medina is confirmed to be the youngest mother in history, giving birth at the young age of 5 years and 7 months old. Lina was born on September 23, 1933, in Peru. She came from what seemed to be a humble family, her mother by the name of Victoria Losea who was a housemaker and her father by the name of Tiburelo Medina who was a silversmith.

At the age of 5 and 6 months, her parents noticed an abnormal abdominal swelling which at first sight they thought it could have been some sort of tumor but would…

Blanche Monnier was a gorgeous girl from France who ended up having one of the most tragic lives. She was born on the 1st of March, 1849 in Poitiers, France in what was thought to be a wonderful family at the time. Her beauty, physical appearance, and good nature attracted a lot of attention, and most importantly many potential suitors for marriage. Her parents were aristocrats and very reluctant when it came to their beautiful daughter getting married.

At the peak of her teenage years, she was attracting many suitors from the high-society as she was receiving many letters. This…

History has kept some tremendous people in the books, many can argue — including me- — that they have changed the world. Have they changed it for the better or worse? We shall be the judges of that, but what is important is that we don’t forget the names of those who have changed our world, despite their reasons. Marco Polo has remained in the history books as one of the biggest explorers, however, the reliability of his accounts is still debated to this day…

Marco Polo was born on September 15, 1254, in the Republic of Venice. He was…

The last decade of communism within Eastern Europe can be seen as the golden age for many Eastern European countries, but one of them stands out for really bringing their country to a peak. Within history, every country has a peak of greatness and during the 1980s it was Romania’s time for glory not only within Europe but most of the World.

It is impressive how much Romania had managed to create and build in the communist era (1947–1989) to the point where they would outshine most of the countries. …

Since the beginning of the pandemic, my focus was to research this virus and mainly its social and psychological implications on the world’s population based on their behavior. Within my upcoming memoir, I state a lot of the things that I have seen caused not only by political implications but also events from the past that have left a deep print that can hardly be washed.

Skepticism is like pain, a natural feeling

In one of my recent articles which are linked below this article, I have gotten many responses (some published directly on Medium whilst some sent privately from people of African- American descent that have…

It wasn’t long after the first European settlers moved to America that they also started slavery just like in Europe, but on a much bigger scale. The exact information about when the first slaves were brought to American land as well as who started slavery within America was unclear until 2018 when two popular historians by the name of David Wheat and Marc Eagle found evidence about the first 18 means of transport carrying slaves towards America.

Start of the Slave Trade in America

The first European settlers to colonize America arrived in 1492, and at the beginning of the 1500s, more and more Europeans started to…

At the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century, European colonial powers competed to seize the richest regions of the African continent. In 1884, convinced that it would be better to formalize the colonization of Africa than to have constant quarrels over territories, the Chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck, organized a conference in Berlin attended by 14 European countries. The goal was simple: to divide the African continent. As a result of the conference, Germany “received” Tanzania, Togo, Cameroon, and Namibia.

Life in a 19th-century African Colony

“The first settlers who came here [to Namibia] came in the hope that they…