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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth 
! This year, I wanted to highlight some figures from the African diaspora in Turkey, as well as those from the global diaspora who have a connection to Turkey. Today, I'll link some existing reading/resource threads 
! This year, I wanted to highlight some figures from the African diaspora in Turkey, as well as those from the global diaspora who have a connection to Turkey. Today, I'll link some existing reading/resource threads
resources:
here's a thread that I put together last september on race, racialization, and blackness in the MENA region https://twitter.com/zwingham/status/1303346717715247109
here's a thread that I put together last september on race, racialization, and blackness in the MENA region https://twitter.com/zwingham/status/1303346717715247109
Türkçe bilenler için - Afro Türk'ün web sitesi budur: http://afroturc.org
Contextualizing BLM in Turkey: A Panel Discussion via @YouTube
Dr. Michael Talbot's crowd-sourced thread is also a great resource to comb through for additional reading material - looking forward to seeing this list preserved! https://twitter.com/michaeltalbotuk/status/1269904603866415105
Relatedly, please check out Shireen Hamza's thread on South Asian history. https://twitter.com/ibn_shireen/status/1303824088234897408?s=20
There's a lot of great work coming out from @AjamMC as well: https://twitter.com/AjamMC/status/1267806300618006528?s=20
If you haven't already, immediately follow @BlackIranians. They've been creating amazing content centered around Black and Afro Iranian voices. https://twitter.com/BlackIranians/status/1296820386802184192?s=20
