In a rare series of interviews, the late Ghanaian leader spoke of how the country’s slave trade was revisited as a vehicle for economic development.
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As editor of the magazine for 24 years, Du Bois featured articles about biology, evolution, archaeology in Africa and more to refute the rampant scientific racism of the early 20th century.
Former presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki have arguably made the most important contribution to Africa in the 21st Century by promoting peace, democracy, regional integration and pan-Africanism.
Suffering a pandemic and the aftermath of a war that killed 50 million, the world in 1920 faced a turning point as it negotiated a new political order. As today, the key issue was racial inequality.
The country’s ‘Black Mecca’ is hosting the Super Bowl. With the NFL’s national anthem controversy still lingering, this creates an undeniable paradox.
Where to draw the line between loyalty to the nation and the struggle for equal rights? A scholar sees parallels between NFL protests and a call for African-Americans to ‘close ranks’ during WWI.
The longing for lighter skin remains a taboo topic in African-American communities.
Thousands marched in silence against racial violence after a riot left hundreds of blacks dead and thousands homeless. The demands of black people in 2017 remain the same as they did in 1917.
Robert Sobukwe developed the philosophy of African nationalism to even higher intellectual heights. The lesson for humanity was his ideological stand that there is only one race - the human race.
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor & Director, Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project & Adjunct Lecturer, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Education, University of Virginia
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Director, The Future of Diplomacy at the Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Buffalo
