Migrants keep going back to the vilified go-betweens that can get them construction jobs or domestic work.
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The BBC’s Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
Since the 19th century, a long line of black women preachers set in motion a tradition that spoke against injustices and questioned patriarchal attitudes. Here’s their story.
The most hated president in US history could teach our new leader a few things.
American slaves couldn’t hold property – including patents on their own inventions. But that didn’t stop black Americans from innovating since the beginning of the country’s history.
The mondo film, for all its faults, encapsulates our tangled responses to the darkest moments of our collective history.
In the 19th century, slaveholders advertised widely for runaway slaves and often hired men to track and capture fugitives. African-American communities offered sanctuary space to the runaways.
In the 19th century, critics and audiences thought blacks were incapable of singing as well as their white, European counterparts. Greenfield forced them to reconcile their ears with their racism.
A scholar quotes Biblical passages to show how the text affirms – strongly and unequivocally – the obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality.
In the era of neoliberal capitalism, both the ideology of Pan-Africanism and the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade have become marketable commodities.
It is possible to trace the links between patriarchy, violence, gender roles, and the state further into the past. It’s also possible to trace the ongoing resistance to these by some women.
A growing roll call of books, films and television shows are focusing on the legacy of slavery.
Slavery, indenture and industrialisation have all contributed to Mauritius’ multiculturalism - and to its deep social tensions.
Psychologists drew historically from theories of social Darwinism and eugenics to espouse the hierarchical categorisation of people into race groups.
Can a Hollywood film re-write one of the oldest and most important stories in the American past?
The history of artisanal training and employment in South Africa has been one of systematic social exclusion and inequality.
Hair has long been modified for aesthetic and other ends. But skewed power structures have meant that women, particularly women of colour, have borne the brunt of stereotyping and prejudice.
When it comes to black hair, “common sense” is the least reliable tool for decision making since even black people are constantly changing their minds about what they want to do with their hair.
Research shows the public has a poor understanding of what slavery is and how often they encounter it. Here’s how to tell if your manicurist is working against their will.
The Baltimore Police Department is found to have violated the civil rights of poor blacks. A historian explains why those findings are eerily similar to how the city treated blacks in the 1800s.
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Practice in Education, Clark University
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Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
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Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Professor of History, University of Alabama
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
