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repost: Things I did not know #97644899544: The first memorial day was led by former slaves
The first Memorial Day was led by former slaves in Charleston. Charleston was in ruins. The peninsula was nearly deserted, the fine houses empty, the streets littered with the debris of fighting and the ash of fires that had burned out … Continue reading
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Who is Walter Rodney?
Who is Walter Rodney? Via Nate H.
Posted in Africa, Books and scholarship, colonialism, Education, Historical, Listening..., music, video
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Happy International Human Rights Day
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Discourse on colonialism
“… ‘Europe’ is morally, spiritually indefensible. And today the indictment is brought against it, not by the European masses alone, but on a world scale, by tens and tens of thousands of millions of men who, from the depths of … Continue reading
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Ghana’s Independence
Posted in Africa, cold war, colonialism, Europe, gender & sexuality, global economy, Historical, UK, video
Tagged Beauty Pageant, Ghana, Independence, Nkruma
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Portraits of power (2009)
Old but good. Click image for interactive media (source)
Posted in Africa, Europe, Graphs, Historical, Latin America, Middle East, UK, UN, USA
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Empathy & Society
Thank you, Tahirih and RSA.
Posted in Art, Historical, People, Technology, video
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Afrobeat
My colleague, Prof M*, and I recently saw Femi Kuti live in Portland. It was a tiny show. That was good for us because we got up close. It is also slightly embarrassing that so few turned out; he is … Continue reading
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Which Side Are You On
Some slogans stand the test of time.
Posted in class, Historical, human rights, Labor (Labour), music, UK, USA
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Monty Python and the emergence of the Westphalian nation-state
(It’s time for my bi-annual lecture on the westphalian system. )
Posted in Europe, Historical, UK, video
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global sociology 