Auteur/autrice : blackmediagroupgermany
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How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience
Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations and farms of the New World. This so-called “Middle Passage” accounted for one of the greatest forced migrations of people in human history, as well as one of the greatest…
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Sondergesetzgebung, strukturelle Gewalt und Repression
Im Angesicht einer Sondergesetzgebung müssen Schwarze Menschen, die sich als Flüchtlinge und Asylsuchende in Deutschland aufhalten, ihren Alltag bestreiten. Sie müssen sich mit Wert- und Moralvorstellungen auseinandersetzen, die oft die eigene Existenz in Frage stellen. Die Black Students Organisation leistet Hilfestellung im Kampf gegen staatliche Macht oder individuelle Ohnmacht. Eine unvollständige, subjektiv und emotional vorgetragene…
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The story of Togo, the German colony gifted to Britain and France
The French-speaking West African nation of Togo was pivotal during the transatlantic slave trade as Portuguese slave traders sought the human merchandise at the small fort of Porto Seguro, in the town currently known as Agbodrafo and lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Togo. During the infamous Scramble for Africa in 1884, Germany took…
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Zumbi dos Palmares: An African warrior in Brazil – The legend of the nation’s greatest black leader
The names Zumbi and Palmares have been mentioned countless times on this blog in the past two and a half years. And for good reason. The legend of the Palmares quilombo (maroon society of escaped slaves) and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and modern day struggle of Brazilians who recognize their…