How African body markings were used to construct the idea of race in colonial Brazil
In the 1700s, the gold rush in southeast Brazil created a high demand for mining labour. The Minas Gerais region became one of the main destinations for African slaves. For…
Story of African man from Mozambique. Yasuke, the first Japan’s black Samurai in history
Japan was allegedly blessed by the transatlantic slave trade conducted by 16th century Europeans with its first black man who rose through the elite ranks to make history as the…
How 75 Nigerians who revolted against slavery chose to drown in the U.S
The Igbo Landing refers to the mass suicide of Igbo slaves in 1803 who chose to die than live a life of slavery. The middle passage is a leitmotif for…
Do you know about the African territory formerly known as the Grain Coast?
In the 14th century when European explorative missions made contact with the peoples of Africa, the former, perhaps in imperial fashion, tried to put a name to some of these places at…
The Òrìsà-worshipping people of Brazil
In Brazilian cities such Salvador, the first colonial capital of Brazil, the Yoruba influence, dating back to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, is still much tangible. This gives birth to the…
How cornrows were used as an escape map from slavery across South America
Cornrows have become a crowd favorite for women of every culture in the last 10 years. Whereas it used to be worn by children, especially young African and African American…
How King Leopold II Of Belgium Killed 10 Million Africans In The Congo
How King Leopold II Of Belgium Killed 10 Million Africans In The Congo | www.consciouseebooks.com After the Berlin conference of 1884-1885, various European nations set out to mount their flags…
The Irish in the Anglo-Caribbean: servants or slaves?
When John Grenham asked the question ‘Were there Irish slaves in Barbados?’ in an Irish Times article on 7 September 2015 he answered in the affirmative. He claimed that there…
Jesus of Lübeck, the first slave ship to arrive in Africa in 1562
Jesus of Lübeck, the first British slave ship to arrive in Africa. The ship was chartered by Queen Elizabeth I to a group of merchants in 1563. Jesus of Lübeck…
The untold story of African resistance to slave trade from 15th century
Let us remember that African communities did not sit back and watch in glee but they fought back. The Liverpool Museum website features a firsthand account of the story of…
The forgotten radical black liberation fighters who are still in jail after 40 years
It was all radical and bloody in the 1970s when the black liberation fighters struggle was at its peak in the United States. The violence was spurred by the incessant…
“Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery”
‘The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed’ It is about mind slavery. Once you make a person hate themselves and who…
This black physician’s speech in 1858 inspired the powerful term ‘black is beautiful’
Many have associated the phrase “Black is beautiful” with the civil rights movement and black nationalism in the 1960s and 70s when the world was introduced to iconic leaders such…
Meet the woman behind a new distillery honouring the black slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey
The contributions of black people to America’s history across various fields have, over the years, been largely forgotten and this is also evident in the spirits industry. The story of…
New Harriet Tubman Movie to Hit US Theatres
A new movie titled ‘HARRIET’ starring Black British singer and actress Cynthia Erivo, throws more light on the efforts of and roles played by women in abolishing the slave trade….
Thomas Fuller-The Enslaved African Math Genius
Often called the “Virginia Calculator”, Thomas Fuller was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). He was…