#Colonial

Museum of British Colonialism

museumofbc

"It's totally baffling that the British education system does not teach anything about the British Empire. You can pass through 10yrs of British education and not know basic facets of

Zikhona Valela

valavoosh

Remembering leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape VerdeAmilcar Cabral assassinated in Conakry on this day in 1973. This image was taken in Cuba. Cabral

Liam Bright

lastpositivist

Here's a pet sociological theory about culture warring, followed by a quasi-black-nationalist call to rid ourselves of it. There is, at present, some sort of internal fight among many white

Selina in PDX 🗽🇺🇸

PDXSelina

Local reporter gets backlash from "civil rights organizations" after describing a BDS speaker's views as "explicitly anti-Zionist"#PortlandRiots https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/07/civil-rights-

Mo Ryan

moryan

I think a lot about the many terrible decisions made & thus enabled from on high at #sleepyhollow. Black women boosted SH online/on social media & helped make it a

lizdanelly ☭ 🇵🇷

lxzdanelly

why puerto ricans don’t claim lin-manuel miranda and why you shouldn’t support him [thread]: lin-manuel miranda supported the obama promesa bill. what is promesa? after the puerto rican economic recession

Studio Glibly

NoTotally

I know this seems too basic to even mention, but when it comes to culture and systems of governance you need a clearly defined morality much more than you need

bettina makalintal

bettinamak

a thread of food writing that stuck with me this year: this incredibly well done investigation of sqirl by @Samanta_Helou and @ShotOn35mm https://thelandmag.com/beyond-moldy-jam-the-inside-story-of-what-went-wrong-at-sqirl/ this essay by @t

Hurmat Ali Shah

iconcoclastary

#Thread, Introduction to 'Venture of Islam'This era-defining book by the foremost scholar of Islam, Mashall G. Hodgson, Professor at University of Chicago, defines the study and scholarship on Islam in

Arthur Asseraf

ArthurAsseraf

If today is getting you down, good news for you:It's time for another walk! This time, we're going to Marseille, France's largest port and one of the great Mediterranean cities

Anurag Shukla

Anuraag_Shukla

Throughout the 18th century, members of the British East India Company reported their discoveries of native scientific and technological practices to the Royal Society. Here, listing out some of those

Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜

DGTam86

"Language is more than a medium for communication. It’s an instrument of power, a measure of humanity, a map for world-making. It is also never neutral." Nuanced insight on the

İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي

iyad_elbaghdadi

We Muslims have a word for a wealth tax, we call it "zakat". The early Muslim state collected no income tax, but collected an annual wealth tax of 2.5% from

Xavi Ruiz

xruiztru

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 of Africa maps and its evolution through history.1. The earliest obtainable map of the whole continent of Africa: Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1545) 2. "Africae Tabula Nova" by Abraham Ortelius

Guilaine Kinouani

KGuilaine

I have never thought the distinction we make betwn colonialism & enslavement is particularly useful esp. when thinking about Africa. Colonialism necessary entails enslavement. Whiteness likes to change terminology to

Nathaniel Horadam, 2021 Edition

NW_Horadam

I'm going to wade into something controversial here, so bear with me...I think Zaid stumbled upon the massive strategic challenge of a cash reparations program focused on slavery and directed

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