The Songhai Empire During the West-African golden age [14th - 15th century] the Songhai Empire emerged, from the skeleton of the Mali Empire, to dominate the western region of the continent. During the gradual decline of the Mali Empire [ca. 1230 - 1670], the ruling elite of...
Le Congo Je kon het niet laten Hoe moesten zij hun tranen vegen? Jouw daden worden in het heden verzwegen De overval was een jackpot Brute Belg Ik walg van jouw hebzucht Leopold werkelijk waar Een roofdier Barbaar Mensen verminken Congo wit willen sminken met zwart bloed De Afrikaan is geen vastgoed of object Jouw zieke geest dacht...
Zwart lichtDrie pilarenDie al jaren de fundering van de waarheid dragenZe brengen licht in het donkerMet bars boven barsWoordenwonderEducatiefDaadwerkelijk daadkrachtigMannen van de woordenMannen van hun woordZorg dat jij de waarheid hoort Schenk ze een oorAls jij durftWat is waar en wat is echt?Wat is gelogen en...
The fall and Rise of RwandaThe Republic of Rwanda is a [small] country in eastern-Africa, bordering Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.The region spent a while under different western rulers, who exhorted the rich environment at the cost of the Rwandan natives. The Belgian colonialists were...
Prolific ThinkersMalcolm X [Malik El-Shabazz] and Doctor King [Martin Luther King Jr.] were prominent leaders of the civil rights movement in America. Both serving within the same ecosystem of social justice. But how they wanted to achieve that social justice often marked them on opposite...
The Black Archives The Black Archives [located at Vereniging Ons Suriname] is a historical archive, boasting books centered around often withheld topics such as racial issues, [de]colonization, [Trans-Atlantic] slavery, feminism, and more. The historical archive was initiated by Jessica de Abreu, Mitchell Esajas, Miguel Heilbron en...