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Cartoon | The enduring sorrow and pain of British slavery

This Is Africa — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 09:15:54 +0000

Prince William and Kate's recent tour was supposed to reposition the monarchy in the Caribbean. Instead, it has opened old and painful wounds about Britain’s role during transatlantic slave trade, raising new questions about reparations and the monarchy’s future.

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University of Bristol appoints history of slavery professor to interrogate its past

Kylie Kiunguyu — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:46:51 +0000

The United Kingdom’s first black female history professor, Olivette Otele, is set to take on the role of interrogating the University of Bristol’s part in the transatlantic slave trade. She will help the university better understand its past as it struggles to keep up with its counterparts.

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The story of Oromo slaves bound for Arabia who were brought to South Africa

The Conversation — Fri, 10 May 2019 11:43:49 +0000

Book adds a great deal to our understanding of how children were ensnared into the Indian Ocean slave trade.

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Melania Trump emotional at House of Slaves on solo tour

Kylie Kiunguyu — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:34:43 +0000

Visiting selected African countries for the first time, Melania Trump’s solo tour started in Ghana, where the 'emotional' American First Lady lay a wreath for lost souls at the country’s House of Slaves. She referred to the location’s past happenings as “a tragedy”.

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Tracing the history of Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle and infamous “door of no return”

Fred Obera — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:02:39 +0000

Tracing the history of Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle where Africans walked through the infamous “door of no return” directly in to the slave ships to cross the Atlantic Oceans sold into slavery, and never to set foot on their homelands again, evokes sad and horrific memories.

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