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Jeffrey Schiffer, PhD
jeffschiffer
When Europeans first stumbled upon Turtle Island there were 40 Million #Indigenous peoples speaking 1800 different languages. These societies had complex systems of mathematics, science, health & economy, all grounded
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Michiel de Haas
MichieldeHaas
/1 Proud to share my new paper in the Journal of African History @JAH_editors on the large scale migration from Rwanda and Burundi to Uganda during the colonial era: http://bit.ly/2P9Paal
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Mohamed Yusuf
epi_afro
1/ - Colonial Postcards from Somalia.For the past few weeks, I have been collecting these antique British, Italian & French colonial postcards depicting Somalis & life in Somalia.I will be
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Josh
rohmerfan1127
My point was “the Holocaust is bad” and this person felt the need to point out that there were more people who died in a colonial genocide than Jews who
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EHS
EcclesHistSoc
Hello! I'm @ReubenLoffman and this is my final thread of the day on the Spiritans. I want to discuss the Congregations' experiences of decolonisation in Kongolo specifically. Just to forewarn:
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Fangirl Jeanne
fangirlJeanne
Dune is gonna be another one of those sci fi experiments where we see how casting people of color (but not the specific group stereotyped in the story) will make
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Emma Dabiri
EmmaDabiri
I don’t know who needs to hear this today but Irish cities and towns aren’t just regional parts of the U.K. I’m constantly staggered by the pervasiveness of the attitude
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Yoruba 1st
layo_98
Stop using the term “Lagosian” to describe the people who happen to live in Lagos. “Lagosian” is a term that is reserved for the Yoruba people who live in that
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تنوير
TanveerJeewa
I have used this lockdown period to reread some old "classics". As I was reading Black Skin White Masks by Frantz Fanon, his chapter about language, especially in the context
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Dean Dettloff
DeanDettloff
Also it's important to note that the way we tell the history of Damien, who is the subject of several popular biographies in the 20th century, has actively underwritten colonial
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Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)
UntoNuggan
Hey I know that disabled people get told to "try yoga" a lot when we need actual medical attention, and it's really frustratingBut also...yoga is a spiritual practice that involves
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dikgaj
dikgaj
Bashing Pragya is also shortsighted: one who doesnt realize the subtle significance of ideology in civilizational struggles, is more foolish than one who realizes but lacks linguistic diplomacy in putting
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Kirigwi, the Rainmaker.
kirigwi
LMAO! Lakini the colonial msungu alitubeba wana.10- Nil kiakili bana!Look at our names, then compare na Japanese, Russian, Chinese or Indian people etc.Look at:Masi Oka - JapanDalai Lama - TibetShin'ya
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Nigeria Stories
NigeriaStories
The oldest buildings in Nigeria and when they where builtRetweet to educate someone 1. Christ Church Cathedral, LagosThe Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos is an Anglican cathedral on Lagos
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Alfonso Manalastas
not_alfonso
Is there a more, I suppose, humane explanation about the support for Trump in the Filipino diaspora imagination? One that doesn't oversimply them as merely blind to their own migrant
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Hen Mazzig
HenMazzig
Hey @DUALIPA you shared a post calling *over SIX MILLION Jews* ‘fake jews’ & supports the genocide antisemitic organization Hamas, calling for the murder of my entire family.When the next
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