Category: Africa
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Lagos Space Programme
Adeju Thomson, founder of Lagos Space Programme in 2018, presents“Rock and Roll Consciousness,” a collection that draws on the nostalgic experience of growing up in Lagos and discovering music as a means of self-expression. The collection is clean and minimal, yet brimming with cultural depth. Adeju Thomson fuses music, Nigerian codes, aesthetics, and Yoruba traditions…
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Introduction: Jews, Slavery, and the Slave Trade in 18th century Curaçao
In 1863, slavery was abolished in Curaçao. As it turns out, the Jewish community, with its own profound historical connections to slavery as chronicled in the Hebrew Bible, played a noteworthy role in this commerce.