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Despite the millions used in the transatlantic slave trade and Britain benefitting from their forced labour, a national memorial is proving difficult.
A historian says that critics get the past wrong.
Ghana is banking on a much needed boost to its tourism sector from its call to Africans in the diaspora.
The story of Asameni and Christiansborg Castle’s keys reveals the complexities of decisions taken during the transatlantic slave trade.
Crime related to Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have shown an increase in recent years. An expert explains that American antagonism toward Islamic and Jewish traditions goes back nearly 500 years
Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden will be featured in Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit edition. Here's why her success needs to be viewed in context of a long history of black Muslim women's fashions.
Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam – acts that denote the obligations of living a good Muslim life.
Muslims are not new to America. The first Muslims came as slaves and left a deep influence on a host of music genres, such as the blues and jazz.
A former social studies teacher lists three ways educators and others can better understand the difficult subject of slavery in the US, including a way to hear directly from freed slaves themselves.
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
Merchants from Brazil, Cuba, North America and the British West Indies traded goods grown by slaves on plantations, for more slaves.
A scholar talks to Muslims in Puerto Rico and comes back with an understanding of their rich history and their struggles.
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Assistant Professor, African Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology and Critical Heritage, Hampshire College
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Reader in Historical Geography, UCL
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Lecturer, Concordia College New York | Journalist-fellow, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, Concordia College New York
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Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University
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Senior Lecturer in Global History, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University
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Senior Lecturer in Hospitality & Tourism, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer, Wayne State University
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Lecturer, University for Development Studies
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Assistant Professor of Area & Global Studies and Digital Studies, Grand Valley State University
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Professor of History, University of South Wales
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Virginia
