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    10 June 2020

    South African School Under Fire For Racist Classroom Activity

    While Black Lives Matter protests continue across the world, Parklands College failed to read the room with an exercise that required learners to design a slave auction poster.

    Dear Kanye West: Why stop at slavery? Let's talk about how South Africans chose Apartheid.
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    03 May 2018

    Dear Kanye West: Why stop at slavery? Let's talk about how South Africans chose Apartheid.

    An open letter to Kanye West from a South African

    Laitan's Story: Spare Me Your Outrage Over Libyan Slavery
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    05 December 2017

    Laitan's Story: Spare Me Your Outrage Over Libyan Slavery

    Nigerian novelist Elnathan John points out the hypocrisy of those who would condemn slavery in Libya while ignoring it in their own yard.

    How Is Mauritania the World’s Last 'Official' Bastion of Slavery?
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    23 August 2016

    How Is Mauritania the World’s Last 'Official' Bastion of Slavery?

    It’s estimated that up to 20 percent of Mauritania’s 3.5 million population is living in slavery, despite its abolishment in 1981.

    Vintage 'Africa' (pt.1): Representations of the Motherland & Otherlands
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    24 December 2012

    Vintage 'Africa' (pt.1): Representations of the Motherland & Otherlands

    How do old films from the black diaspora that focus on Africa, hold up today? Looking at Space Is the Place, Sankofa, and Coming to America. Part 1 of 4.

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