When “White” Brazilian Politicians Turned Black Last Year To Run For Elective Office
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Brazil is undergoing a strange racial reckoning after bombshell revelations that thousands of veteran politicians had changed their self-identified race between the 2016 and 2020 elections. Afro-Brazilians – a category that includes Black and mixed-race people – comprise 56% of Brazil’s population but 43% of […]
How Nigeria’s Igbo women forced the hands of the British Authorities with petitions to fight injustice
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The petitions Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated colonial institutions and structures of the time. African women acted in varied and complex ways to the situations […]
How France extorted Haiti for the greatest heist in history
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The cost of independence Haiti officially declared its independence from France in 1804. In October 1806, the country was split into two, with Alexandre Pétion ruling in the south and Henry Christophe ruling in the north. Despite the fact that both of Haiti’s […]