History Of Slavery
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Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce
The commodification of heritage and the spectacle of culture produced by the tourist industry may debase the experiences of painful pasts.
Dominique Somda, The Conversation
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‘I wish to remain in Bombay’: Testimony of liberated enslaved women in 19th century
In 1847, the East India Company’s Indian Navy captured vessels with 47 women and girls and 12 boys in the Persian Gulf and brought them into Bombay Harbour.
Susannah Gillard
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Five plays by Black women playwrights that depict the missing history of slavery in Britain
They do not resort to violence to show the seriousness of their stories but do so through thoughtful writing.
Lynette Goddard, The Conversation
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like
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Why Assam’s farmers are furious at Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘fertiliser jihad’ jibe
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Watch: Beyoncé was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage for a dance routine during UK concert
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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What a 17th-century Dutch painting of an Indian boy tells us about migration today
Abducted, branded and sold, South Asians were prominent in Netherlands’ estates and shipyards through the 1660s.
Ajay Gandhi
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The history behind the Edward Colston statue pulled down by anti-racism protesters in Bristol
It was erected in 1895 to boost the slave trader’s image as the city’s paternal figure.
James Watts, The Conversation
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US: Descendant of a slave sues Harvard University over 19th century photos of ancestor
The photos were commissioned by the institute in 1850 for a professor who wanted to prove that black people were inferior.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Timelapse videos show extent of air-pollution as New York turns orange from Canadian wildfires
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Caught on CCTV: Escalator abruptly changes direction at busy metro station, leaves 14 injured
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‘Call got cut’: BJP spokesperson moments after anchor corrects him on budget for new train tracks
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Watch: Coldplay’s Chris Martin arrives by train for concert, joins railway worker’s video
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Watch: Advertisement gives popular nursery rhymes a grim twist to amplify message of climate change
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Punishments and privileges: How plantation owners in the Caribbean kept control over slaves
Slaveholders encouraged complex social hierarchies on plantations that amounted to something like a system of ‘class’.
Christer Petley
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Slavery on campus – recovering the history of Washington College’s discarded slaves
Slave trade was used to fund American universities.
Kelley Deetz and Alfred L. Brophy, The Conversation
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Why the racist massacre in Charleston is the tipping point for the fate of the Confederate flag
Because today it stands not just for Dylann Roof but white cowards – those angry that white privilege is ending.
Douglas A. Blackmon
The Reel
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‘Dhoomam’ trailer: Fahadh Faasil headlines Pawan Kumar’s crime thriller
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani