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Chabin(e): the Caribbean Word That Carries the Memory of a Colonial Classification

In the French Caribbean, the word chabin(e) can still circulate as a nickname, a compliment, or a marker of beauty. Yet its history reveals...

10 Black Comic Book Supervillains (The Other Face of Representation)

Black superheroes now occupy a central place in pop culture, from Black Panther to Miles Morales. Their adversaries tell another story: one of Black...

Sekhmet, the most feared of the Egyptian deities

Goddess of war and epidemics, Sekhmet is one of the most feared deities of ancient Egypt. Sekhmet Sekhmet is one of the most important ancient Egyptian...

Speech by Aimé Césaire at the First World Festival of Negro Arts

Speech delivered by Aimé Césaire in Dakar, on April 6, 1966, as part of the “Colloquium on Art in the Life of the People,”...

Kabyles, black people and ancient egyptians

Like many other traditions, that of a significant Berber ethnic group in Algeria, the Kabyles, closely associates Black African populations with the ancient Egyptians. The...

Political realism: an african invention

The Instructions for Merikare is an Egyptian text nearly 4,000 years old that strikingly anticipates the writings of European authors in history such as...

Everything you need to know about Shaka Zulu

I. IntroductionShaka Zulu is one of the most famous and influential African leaders in history. He ruled over the Zulu people in South Africa...

Who are the Maroons, unknown heroes of freedom in the African diaspora

Discover the fascinating history of the Maroons, these little-known heroes of freedom in the African diaspora. Explore their origins, their heroic resistance against slavery,...

The Ashanti: a look at their unique matriarchal and matrilineal society

Explore the cultural richness of the Ashanti matriarchal and matrilineal society, where women, embodied by the figure of the Queen Mother, play pivotal roles...

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