GTV Stories

In the world of athletics there are champions and there are legends. Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya belongs firmly in the second category. His story is one of extraordinary athletic achievement, remarkable personal resilience and the kind of determination that turns ordinary people into extraordinary ones. Over a career spanning more than a decade Kemboi dominated […]

In February 1897 one of the greatest acts of cultural theft in human history took place in the ancient Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria. British soldiers and naval officers looted the royal palace of the Oba of Benin, carrying away thousands of extraordinary bronze sculptures, ivory carvings and other priceless artifacts

In the history of Nigeria, few figures are as remarkable, complex and fascinating as Madam Efunroye Tinubu. Born into modest circumstances in the early 19th century, she rose through determination, intelligence and extraordinary business acumen to become one of the most powerful and influential people in Lagos — a woman who commanded the respect of

Deep in the heart of southern Africa, surrounded by the rolling hills and vast plains of modern-day Zimbabwe, stand the ancient ruins of a city that has puzzled historians, archaeologists and explorers for centuries. Great Zimbabwe is one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in the world — a massive stone city built without mortar,

Few stories in human history are as remarkable, moving and historically significant as the story of Olaudah Equiano. Born in what is now southeastern Nigeria around 1745, Equiano was kidnapped from his home as a child, endured the horrors of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, eventually purchased his own freedom and went on to