Sarah Baartman (also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje) (before 1790 – 29 December 1815), was the most well known of at least two South African Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks, were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus—"Hottentot" was the then current name for the Khoi people, now … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Remember Them
Africans
Wednesday Open Thread: Remember Them
Ota Benga (c. 1883 – March 20, 1916) was a Congolese man, a Mbuti pygmy known for being featured in an anthropology exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and in a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been purchased from African slave traders by the missionary and anthropologist Samuel Phillips Verner, a businessman … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Remember Them
Saturday Open Thread: Africana Philosophy
Francis Abiola Irele (commonly Abiola Irele, 22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017) was a Nigerian academic best known as the doyen of Africanist literary scholars worldwide. He was Provost at Kwara State University, founded in 2009 in Ilorin, Nigeria. Before moving back to Nigeria, Irele was Visiting Professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Africana Philosophy
Tuesday Open Thread: Africana Philosophers
Francis Abiola Irele (commonly Abiola Irele, 22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017) was a Nigerian academic best known as the doyen of Africanist literary scholars worldwide. He was Provost at Kwara State University, founded in 2009 in Ilorin, Nigeria. Before moving back to Nigeria, Irele was Visiting Professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Africana Philosophers
Saturday Open Thread: The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We conclude our series on The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop: … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop