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Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed?

YoopyaSep 19, 2024September 19, 20240

Should African people be called black – or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name

Jamaicans shun UK royal visit, demand slavery reparations

YoopyaMar 26, 2022June 30, 20230

Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica including professors and politicians are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge prepare

Video Of Migrants Sold In Apparent Slave Auction In Libya Provokes Outrage Worldwide

YoopyaNov 27, 2017June 7, 20230

I am horrified, the UN secretary-general said.After a video surfaced showing migrants apparently being sold at auction in Libya, people worldwide have been calling for

Charting 5 centuries of African American history

YoopyaOct 21, 2013February 14, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Slavery in the United States was once a roaring success whose wounds still afflict the country today. So says Henry Louis

A pronounced rise for Ejiiofor in ’12 Years’

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 31, 20240

TORONTO (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor arrived, he thought, prepared for the first day of shooting “12 Years a Slave.” To play Solomon Northup, a free