The Swedish State Institute for Racial Biology
The physician and professor Herman Lundborg (1868–1943) was the founder and first head of the Swedish State Institute for Racial Biology in Uppsala, 1922 to...
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African tradition and the dead
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In African tradition the dead are revered. They live on. As soon as a relative dies, he is brought into a temple for the dead....
The little-known story behind Marcus Garvey’s fierce fight with WEB DuBois
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Marcus Garvey is famed for being Jamaica’s first national hero who advocated for Black nationalism in Jamaica and particularly in the United States. Born on...
The story of Breffu, a female slave from Ghana who led a massive slave revolt to take over the West Indies in 1733
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Many rebellions took place during the peak of the slave trade. The reasons for the uprising are simple; enslaved Africans were tired of being abused,...
The little-known story of how Haile Selassie became the symbol of the Rastafarian movement
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On July 23, 1892, a child was born in a village in eastern Ethiopia. He was named Lij Tafari in Amharic, which translates to mean...
In Germany’s extermination program for black Africans, a template for the Holocaust
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Decades before the Nazis turned to the Jews, German colonialists in Southwest Africa – now Namibia – dehumanized, built death camps for, and slaughtered tens...
Rediscovering the history of African slavery in Iran
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By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours ST CATHARINES, Canada – Behnaz Mirzai’s students often say her office is like a museum. With shards of ancient pottery recovered from the mountains...
A History of Afro-American/Afro-Caribbean Unity
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When Prime Minister Maurice Bishop of Grenada was invited to the United States to give a speech at the Sixth Annual Dinner of TransAfrica, Bishop...
The Brutal Slavery of over 12 million Africans by Arab Islamic Slavers – Bitter History
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The harrowing experiences of the African man during the era of slavery remain an open book in our history as people. A lot has been...
Juan Garrido: An African Conquistador & Agricultural Innovator
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Juan Garrido, born around 1480 in West Africa, is a significant figure among the small group of African freemen who ventured to the Americas to...