Donald Trump watches a video of Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sept. 13, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Racist depictions of Africa as a dark continent abound in history. Here US filmmakers pose with Africans in 1925. Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Mus./Getty...
One of the first dilemmas that Black people face is whether to let strangers touch their hair – and under what circumstances. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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European explorers named the continent, not Africans. Ipsumpix/Corbis Historical/Getty Images
by Jonathan O. Chimakonam, University of Pretoria
Should African people be called black – or is the...
More than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen’s views on slavery remain unclear. Jim Dyson/Getty Images
by Devoney Looser, Arizona State University
More than two...
1904 Olympic marathon participants Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of South Africa. Missouri History Museum
by Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University
Who were the first Africans...
Harvesting grapes. Adobe Stock Photo
by Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre, Trinity College
Around a thousand people are gathered in Washington DC for Wine + Culture Fest, a four-day...
by Danielle N. Boaz, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,”...
Catarina was revered in Puebla, Mexico – but devotion to her attracted Catholic authorities’ disapproval after her death.
Image from the collections of the Biblioteca...
