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The chilling details of the Arab Slave Trade in Africa and the barbaric castration of black boys
With so much emphasis on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, details about the equally horrifying Sub-Saharan slave trade have been swept under the carpet for many years creating a heap of undiscovered history...
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This Yoruba woman led one of Cuba’s biggest revolts in 1844 that later inspired Fidel Castro
Several slave revolts were triggered in the 1800s especially in the Caribbean where slavery had taken a huge rise despite abolitionist effort to end it. Sugar and cotton plantation owners flourished during...
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Remembering Joseph Chatoyer, the Garifuna chief who led the Caribs to war against the British
Tired of the oppression that his people suffered in the hands of the British due to the massive turn of the slave trade, Joseph Chatoyer, chief of an indigenous group of the Caribbean led what is now known...
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How an Afro-Brazilian woman living in a slum wrote Brazil’s bestselling book
Carolina Maria de Jesus was an Afro-Brazilian woman who not only defied the odds but also used the power of telling one’s story to change the lives of others and also change her own life. Today,...
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For resisting colonial rule, the British exiled these African kings to Seychelles in the 1800s
By the late 19th century, the scramble for Africa had become very intense. European colonies were not only interested in the slave trade but realized the availability of natural resources that could make...
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John Edmonstone, the black taxidermist who taught and inspired Charles Darwin
Celebrated for his contribution to natural science, botany and evolution, Charles Darwin was initially working towards becoming a doctor to follow in his father and grandfather’s footsteps. He, however,...
