African History - KOLUMN Magazine

The most unusual ways many African countries got their names | Quartz Africa

October 7, 2019October 10, 2019African Education, African History ...

The concept of nation states in Africa is only a bit over a century old, arising after the 1884 Berlin Conference and the subsequent Scramble for Africa by European superpowers of the time.

Museums in France Should Return African Treasures, Report Says | The New York Times

August 27, 2019November 13, 2019African History, KINDR'D ...

PARIS — The sprawling Quai Branly Museum in Paris is stuffed with treasure. It has some 70,000 objects from sub-Saharan Africa in its collection, including magnificent statues from present-day Benin and delicate paintings that once decorated church walls in Ethiopia. But a long-awaited report coming out this week could have a dramatic impact on what […]

Tutankhamen Head Sells for $6 Million, Despite Protests from Egypt | The New York Times

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019African Art, African History ...

Christie’s said the sale was legal. But Egypt’s government says the antiquity was looted and should be returned.

From Glasgow to Tulsa: A Scot wrestles with his racial identity | The Scotsman

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Martyn McLaughlin, The Scotsman The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, during which white residents destroyed the prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood, left as many as 300 people dead and 8,000 homeless. Credit Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images. Featured Image Early exposure to prejudice drove Eric Miller across the Atlantic to demand reparations for African American victims […]

6 famous people you didn’t know are from Mozambique | Face2face Africa

June 27, 2019May 17, 2020Africa, African History ...

The African nation of Mozambique endured a brutal, nine-year war to gain its independence from Portugal. The war ended on this day in 1975, with the European colonizers ruling for 477 years prior. The seeds for the independence war were planted as a result of anti-colonial rhetoric and communist ideals beginning to take hold in […]

Black People’s Land Was Stolen | The New York Times

June 21, 2019May 16, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.

What Cambridge University taught us about racism | The Guardian

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi have written a guide to help students – and it’s the second title published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books

Sudan Ousted a Brutal Dictator. His Successor Was His Enforcer. | The New York Times

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Declan Walsh, The New York Times Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, also known as Hemeti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries that carried out the violent dispersal of protesters on June 3. Credit Declan Walsh/The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]KHARTOUM[/dropcap], Sudan — Once a camel trader who led a militia accused of genocidal […]