Know your Dutch history
It is important that the Netherlands' history of slavery gets anchored in Dutch history curriculums in the same way that the Second World War is.
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The Congolization Movement
Creating spaces where artists related to the Congolese diaspora can freely tell their side of the story.
The vulgarity of homophobic thinking
The writer, Chimamanda Adichie, lines up the homophobic arguments against rights for gay people and knocks them down one by one.
The realism and violence in ’12 Years a Slave’
In a non-sensationalist manner, without super-heroes and special effects, director Steve McQueen allows the viewer not just be horrified, but to empathize too.
Homophobia in Senegal
While there is no Wolof word for “lesbian,” there are multiple words for the practice of a woman having sex with a woman, or a man having sex with a man.
Are Nigerians the New Asians?
Amy Chua's racist nonsense about "model minorities," peddling the lie that elites are on top because they're better.
What it means to be Winnie Mandela
Since she has never really spoken about her feelings on the breakdown of her marriage to Nelson Mandela, except to very close friends, we are obliged to speculate.