Quite a bit of time ago, I created a list of my favorite films. Summaries are (mostly) from IMDB.

This first post lists my favorite historical films, in alphabetical order.

NB: Please note that when no nationality(ies) is specified, the film is from the U.S.

Some comments/warnings regarding problematic content are in bold. (In other words, there ( Read more... )

...See the discussion here (i.e. at ontd_political), where I seem to have hit a nerve ( Read more... )

Some more thoughts and links on Haitian and francophone African history: I'm not an expert on this subject by any means, but the following are some ressources and some thoughts that may (I hope!) serve as a starting point to any neophyte who is interested in the subject ( Read more... )

OP: The following is the preface to an 8-volume history of Africa. I am posting it for this installment of Black History Month because it discusses, among other things, the myths
and prejudices that have long prevailed regarding the history of Africa.
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Preface
AMADOU-MAHTAR M ' B OW

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'Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali - the richest human being in all history'


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Biography of Matthew Alexander Henson


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'Viola (Davis) Desmond was a Halifax Business Woman, Beautician, Teacher and Entrepreneur who Awakened Nova Scotia to Human Rights in 1946'
       
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'Chinua Achebe - Biography'

Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Marianna Fisher University professor and ( Read more... )

A post about Vivien Thomas mutated into a second post about African American scientists and inventors! (Thanks to moonshaz for suggesting Vivien Thomas.)
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Here is another of my posts regarding Black History Month.

Black History Month: Ten African American Scientists and Inventors
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