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Tunisia
Tunisia (officially the Republic of Tunisia) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, covering 165,000 square kilometres (64,000 square miles). Its northernmost point, Cape…
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Berbers
Berbers or Amazighs are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa, primarily inhabiting Algeria, northern Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, northern Niger, Tunisia, Libya and a part of western Egypt. Berbers are distributed in an area…
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‘A white family raised me – I learned to love being black’
Gina Atinuke Knight’s white mum loved her, but her childhood in a white family meant it took her years to…
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30% of trips in Nairobi are made by minibus. Why were they banned?
Commuting to work in Kenya’s bustling capital Nairobi has never been easy. Beginning as early as 5 am, people begin…
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The Shocking Lynching of Will Brown 100 Years Ago
Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the…
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How to remember Jonas Savimbi
Sixteen years after the end of the Angolan civil war, the Angolan state considers how to properly remember and memorialize…
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The Black Presence in Great Britain in the Context of World History
For some strange reason, but then again it’s not so strange, the recent wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle…
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Aretha Franklin: Close-Up (1968)
https://youtu.be/vp-onYykNOg 1968 TV news special chronicling the extraordinary rise of Soul singer Aretha Franklin. Features tons of candid footage at…
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Steve Biko on The Black Consciousness Movement
The first couple of minutes of this video is a video clip of the interview with Steven..then, the rest is…
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Thirty years after Cuito Cuanavale
https://youtu.be/93WQgjt4P-AThe Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88 was an important episode in the Angolan Civil War (1975 to 2002). Between…
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Bessie Head: A Life of Letters
In a letter to her agent, Bessie Head acknowledged that her 1974 novel, A Question of Power, had been based on…
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Germans In Namibia: Apartheid Part 2
https://youtu.be/mqERf5URnxQ Namibians say their fight for independence won’t be over until Africa’s resources are in the hands of Africans.
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Germans In Namibia: Apartheid Part 1
https://youtu.be/0U2g5K8JaJk Namibians want their land back from the descendants of German colonisers who were responsible for the first genocide of…
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Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire
Historian Robin Walker shares his insights on life in pre-colonial Africa and compiling his new book about the Songhai Empire
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Blacks, Native Americans and Whites: A Tale of Three Peoples
As European settlements inched west, Black, white and Native Americans, fleeing forced labour within their confines, melted into the interior…
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