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São Sebastião Fort and Museum with statues of conquistadors São Tomé.

‘Born in Blackness’: A new book centers Africa in the expansive history of slavery

History

Major aspects of the trans-Atlantic slave trade from an African perspective have gotten erased throughout time. Howard French set out to illuminate a more expansive understanding in a new book called, “Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War.”

A mural in Cartagena's Getsemani Neighborhood celebrates the city's Afro-Colombian heritage and the natural hairstyles of Black women

Reclaiming Colombia’s Black history, one tour at a time

History
The World

Are African immigrants African American?

Culture
Riot police block demonstrators during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014.

How police violence in the US could help spark racial justice in Brazil

Justice
Parishioners hold hands during church services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church as the community discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 17, 2014.

After Ferguson, one woman urges her fellow African immigrants to see themselves simply as black

Culture
Students at COSAT

School Year Blog: Are South African Schools ‘Just Pushing Black Students Through The System’?

Development & Education

South Africa has long suffered from low graduation rates, particularly among black students. Schools are trying to address the problem. But in the process, are they neglecting high achieving students?

Return to South Africa

Development & Education

A look at South Africa in the post-apartheid era, where the gap between rich and poor has not closed — it has whitened.

Summer in the Global Village: Trevor Noah, South Africa’s Comic Phenomenon

Much of comedian Trevor Noah’s work references his mixed-race heritage: He was born during the apartheid era to a black South African mother and a white Swiss father […]

The Legal Implications of ‘Performing Race’

Biology determines our racial phenotype: black, white, Asian, Indian, etc., but the complex history of race relations in the United States has also created a set of stereotypes about race based on how we act. Our favorite music, the neighborhood in which we live, our religious affiliation, and even our names – we tend to […]

Is the Trayvon Martin Case an Example of Tension Between Black and Latino Communities?

Coming up, Trayvon Martin’s shooting has sparked a discussion on some of the commonalities and tensions between the black and Latino communities in the US. More, next, on The Takeaway.