The Black African Focus

Dark-skin kinky-hair Africans are negatively impacted the most by Racism and Colorism. Often the views from this Blacker perspective get buried.
This page focuses on this dark-skin black perspective.

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• Germany urged to recognise "Herero genocide"
  June 30, 2009 - by afrol News
  
• The first Holocaust: Horrifying secrets of Germany's earliest genocide inside Africa's 'Forbidden Zone'
  February 07, 2009 - by Sean Thomas
  
• Namibia Library Of Dr. Klaus Dierks
  This site also includes photos of Namibian leaders and about major events such as the war of genocide.
  
• Stephen Rwangyezi Speaks
  September 05, 2008 : by Ras Tyehimba
  The Ugandan cultural group Ndere recently completed a very successful tour to Trinidad and Tobago as part of this country's Emancipation celebrations. The troupe was founded by Stephen Rwangyezi in 1984. In this interview, Stephen Rwangyezi shares his perspectives on a range of issues, including African/Ugandan culture, the contribution of the African ethos to world civilization, the debilitating effects of Slavery and Colonialism, and his visit to Trinidad and Tobago.
  
• A Squalid End to Empire: British Retreat from Africa
  Autobiography by Harold Smith
  
• The Uncompleted De-colonization Process of the former Trust Territory of British Cameroons
  July 13, 2007 - by Mola Njoh Litumbe
  
• How European Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa
  February 07, 2007 - by Milton Allimadi
  
• Bad Blood, Blood Diamonds & Why I Disagree with Russell
  December 11, 2006 - by Davey D
  
• Kenya: "The Land Is Ours"
  August 08, 2006 - by Timothy Gachanga
  
• Zimbabwe: White Lies, Black Victims
  August 03, 2006 - by Rosemary Ekosso
  
• The Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality 1886 - 1912
  July 10, 2006 - by Kristine
  
• Garvey's Legacy in Context:
  Colourism, Black Movements and African Nationalism
  August 17, 2005 - by Ayanna Gillian
  
• The Journal of the Moorish Paradigm
  by Hakim H. Y. Bey
  
• Rwanda's Secret War: U. S. -backed destabilization of Central Africa
  by Keith Harmon Snow
  
• Amílcar Cabral: "One of the greatest of modern theoreticians of the African Revolution"
  by nathanielturner.com
  
• A Chronological History of Africans in America,
  in Africa, and in the Diaspora, 1600 BCE to AD 1980
  by Your History Online
  
• National Geographic News: Journey of Man
  by National Geographic
  
• Original Glory not out of Greece
  October 22, 2004 - by Dr. Kwame Nantambu
  
• Washington stood by while a genocide took place
  What's behind the horror in Sudan?
  September 17, 2004, by David Whitehouse
  
• Thoughts on Cognitive Dissonance
  September 03, 2004, by Ayanna
  
• The Nubian School Graduation Featured Address 2004
  August 14, 2004 - by Ras Tyehimba
  
• Globalization and Racialization
  August 13, 2004 - by Manning Marable
  
• A brief history of imperialist intervention in East Africa
  July 19, 2004 - by G. Dunkel
  
• Sudan's Darfur crisis and US concern
  July 14, 2004 - News Links
  
• Turning Haiti into One Big Sweatshop
  June 19, 2004 - by JG
  
• Rwanda
  May 29, 2004 - by Rootsie
  
• An Ancient Link to Africa Lives on in Bay of Bengal
  November 12, 2002 - by Nicholas Wade
  
• Belgium's imperialist rape of Africa
  King Leopold's Ghost - A story of greed, terror
  and heroism in colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild, Macmillan
  
• Global Studies: Africa - Colonialsim
  historyteacher.net
  
• Scramble for Africa
  by pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us
  
• Black War: The Destruction of the Tasmanian Aborigines
  by Runoko Rashidi
  
• The destruction of the aboriginal Tasmanians: A bibliography
  Compiled by Runoko Rashidi
  
• Tasmanian Aborigines
  From Wikipedia
  

• South African women mobilize against domestic abuse
  By Sherri Day
  
• An annotated guide to internet resources on women in Africa
  By Karen Fung - stanford.edu
  
• Developing Woman
  Extracts from: The Goddess Blackwoman - by Akil
  

• White people
  From Wikipedia
  
• The African city: a source of progress and modernity
  By Sékéné Mody Cissoko
  
• Blacks: forgotten target of Europe's hate and love
  By thechronicle.demon.co.uk
  
• Growing up black in Nazi Germany: One man's story
  By Shelley Walcott - CNN
  
• Blacks During The Holocaust
  By United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  
• Out of Africa and Into India
  By The Rediff Special/M D Riti
  
• Lost Cities of Africa
  By Basil Davidson
  
• Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
  Scott W. Williams, Professor of Mathematics
  
• Kwame Nkrumah's contribution
  to the decolonization process in Africa
  September 16, 2004 - by Leslie
  
• Things Fall Apart: A review
  August 28, 2004 - by Leslie
  
• Root of Sudan's Darfur crisis and US concern
  July 14, 2004 - by Ayinde
  
• DAFUR: the open sore of a continent
  July 11, 2004 - by Obi Nwakanma
  
• The Roots Of The Sudan Problem
  December 9, 2002 - by P. Barton
  
• The Subtle Racism of Latin America
  6/2/2003 - by Anson Musselman
  
• Reasoning the Symbol of Selassie
  June 16, 2004 - By Ayinde
  
• Our African Culture Lies Beyond Terminologies
  December 09, 2003 - by Bantu Kelani
  
• Are Afrocentrists shallow when it comes to Africa?
  October 12, 2003 - by Bantu Kelani
  
• Black Movements and Leadership
  September 15, 2003 - by Ayinde
  
• Enslavement of 'Negroid' Minds
  September 15, 2003 - by Bantu Kelani
  
• Genocide of African-Colombians
  June 02, 2002 - by Willie Thompson
  
• Arab Racism And Imperialism In Sudan (Africa)
  December 09, 2001 - by Nubianem
  
• Haiti, The First Black Republic
  October 01, 2001 - by Bukka Rennie
  
• Arab Masters - Black Slaves
  January 22, 2001 - by Samuel Cotton
  
• The 'Educated' Slave
  by Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D.
  
• America Without Black People
  Black Inventors
  
• The Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan Virtual Museum
  The National Black United Front
  
• Why Africana History?
  By John Henrik Clarke (January 1987)
  
• Racism: Past and Present
  By Ron Daniels (October 1999)
  
• A Search For Identity
  By John Henrik Clarke (May 1970)
  
• Race and History Discussions
  Q & A (1 to 3) from a radio interview in 1998.
  
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
  by Peggy McIntosh
  
• Achebe on Racism in Heart of Darkness
  by Rachel Teisch '94, English 32, 1990)
  
• I'm Not Afrikan, I'm Negro
  by Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D.
  
• Creation Of The Negro
  The name "negro" its origin and evil use by Richard B. Moore
  
• Black Civilizations of Ancient America
  by Paul Barton
  
• Race in Antiquity: Truly Out of Africa
  by Molefi Kete Asante
  
• Racism, History And Lies
  2002 by Max Dashu
  
• The retrospective history of Africa as a whole
  World History Archives
  
• Cuba: The first independent black political party
  afrocubaweb.com
  
• The African Diaspora
  Extracts from: Black Skin White Mask - by Frantz Fanon
  
• Image changing and skin bleaching of history
  - africanbynature.com
  
• The Vanishing Evidence of Classical African Civilizations
  by Prof. Manu Ampim
  
• Our modern systems of Government have
  partly failed and are wholly failing
  by Marcus Garvey
  
• Africa For The Africans
  by Marcus Garvey
  
• MORE HISTORY LINKS
  

• The Slavery Image Collection
  By the University of Virginia
  
• Celebrating the Madness:
  Britain's Financial Decision to End the Slave Trade
  By leslie
  
• Slave trade: a root of contemporary African Crisis
  By Tunde Obadina
  
• Zimbabwe: Land battle sets black against white
  By BBC - December 1, 1998
  
• Past Imperfect: The Roots of Darfur
  By William Jelani Cobb
  
• Past Imperfect: Black Iraq
  Basra's more than the center of Iraq's oil industry; it's the center of a centuries-old history of African influence. By William Jelani Cobb
  
• The Continuity of the International Slave Trade and Slave System
  by Charshee McIntyre (1990)
  
• Islam, Colourism and the Myth of Black African Slave Traders
  February 10, 2004 - by Ayanna
  
• A Study of the Traditional Systems of African Servitude
  November 02, 2003 - by Ayanna
  
• Afrikan Involvement In Atlantic Slave Trade
  By Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D.
  
• The Continuity of the International Slave Trade and Slave System
  By Charshee McIntyre (1990)
  
• Racism and the Slave Trade
  garstangfairtrade.org.uk
  
• Portugal, the mother of all slavers Part II
  May 2000 - by New African
  
• What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?
  Frederick Douglass Independence Day Speech at Rochester, 1841
  
• Christianity, Islam and Slavery
  by Kwaku Person-Lynn
  
• Web Resources on Slavery
  www.liu.edu
  

• The Issue of Colorism: Dark-Skinned Girls, Light-Skinned Girls
  By Akilah Holder, BA, MA : April 24, 2012
• Re: "The Issue of Colorism: Dark-Skinned Girls, Light-Skinned Girls"
  By Leslie : April 25, 2012
• Jamaican Dancehall Star Vybz Kartel Bleached Skin
  January 21, 2011 - Africa Speaks Reasoning Forum
  
• The Browning Complex I - I call It Discrimination!
  March 09, 2006 - By Stunner's Afflictions Blog
  
• Dealing with Colourism:
  A Step Towards the African Revolution
  October 05, 2006 - By Leslie
  
• How Colorism Colors Our Daily Lives
  By Kim
  
• Matthew Harrison Speaks on Colorism Research
  August 28, 2006 - Leslie interviews Mr. Matthew Harrison
  
• Skin tone more important than educational background
  for African Americans seeking jobs
  August 16, 2006 - Writer: Philip Lee Williams
  
• The Face of Colorism
  (Black is beautiful....only if you're light-skinned)
  By Craig A Marroquin
  
• Skin-Deep Discrimination
  March 04, 2005 - By John Stossel
  
• Racism, Colorism and Power
  By Larry D. Crawford (Mwalimu A. Bomani Baruti)
  
• Colourism: Shattering the Illusions
  July 17, 2004 - by Ras Tyehimba
  
• Colorism in Sudan
  July 17, 2004 - By Ayinde : Article at Guardian UK
  
• Racism, Colorism and the Net
  By Ayinde
  
• The paper bag test
  By Bill Maxwell
  
• Colorism 2
  By Armstrong Williams
  
• On Nigeria's skin war
  By Professor Okello Oculi
  
• Race Bias - "Erocide"
  By Yggdrasil
  
• Racism, Colorism and Power
  By Larry D. Crawford (Mwalimu A. Bomani Baruti)
  
• Sex across the Color Line
  by Tim Wise
  
• Whose Black? Brazil's Amazing Skin-Shedding Trick
  January 27, 2003 - by Zarina Geloo
  
• Pre-European-contact Colorism and
  Post-colonial Racism in Asia and North Africa colorq.org
  

• Some Observations and Thoughts
  May 21, 2009 - Ayinde
  
• So I take it Somalia's PM is a sellout?
  April 16, 2009 - discipleofmaat
  
• Two Brothers on The Bus
  October 12, 2005 - Rasi
  
• Dialogue on Colorism
  Started by Ayinde
  September 13, 2004 - From: Reasoning Forum
  
• Whites and Repatriation
  Started by Ayinde
  April 15, 2004 - Message Board Archive
  
• Dark-Skinned Africans???
  Started by Ashanti Pride
  October 24, 2003 - Message Board Archive
  
• Light Skin Versus Dark
  Started by Ras Tyehimba
  September 07, 2003 - Message Board Archive
  
• Oromo were colonised
  Started by oromorality
  September 04, 2003 - Message Board Archive
  
• Race or Integrity First
  Started by Ayinde
  July 01-03, 2003
  
• Divisions among Rastafarians
  Started by Ayinde
  February 16, 2003 - Message Board Archive