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The ‘positive role’ of colonization : deconstructing a lie
‘The colonizers usually say that it was they who brought us into history. Today we will show that this is not so. They made us leave history, our history, to follow them in their train, right at the back, in the train of their history’ Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973), father of the independence of Guinea Bissau and […]
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10 Black Scholars Who Debunked Eurocentric Propaganda
Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop Senegalese-born Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986) received his doctorate degree from the University of Paris and was a brilliant historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician and one of the most prominent and proficient Black scholars in the history of African civilization. Contrary to the long-standing European myth of a Caucasian Egypt, Diop’s studies into origins […]
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Dr Boyce Watkins: The 8 Rules of Economic Self-Defense
In case you’ve never noticed, black people are vulnerable. Much of this vulnerability is linked to our financial condition. Many of us work for people we hate, do things we don’t want to do, and feel stuck because we are not where we want to be economically. I’ve been a finance professor for the last […]
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How Cecil Rhodes Killed Million Of Southern Africans For Diamonds And Lands
During the brutal scramble for Africa and Africa’s resources, at least two million Africans were killed in the scramble for ivory tusks for piano keys and billiard balls. At the time, the center of the ivory trade was Connecticut. 80% of the Nama and Herero peoples of Namibia were murdered in cold blood by the […]
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Statistically speaking, black people in Germany don’t exist
Thanks to the refugee crisis, race and immigration have played prominently in Germany’s upcoming election. Immigration is the top issue for Germans voting in the federal race on Sept. 24. Germany’s interior minister has a 10-point proposal for defining national identity, including that “we don’t do burqa.” The far right’s campaign posters boast headlines like: “Burqas? We like bikinis,”; “New Germans? […]