African mythology and folklore collide in William Villalongo’s entrancing velvety portraits
Much has been written about Henry Box Brown’s body. The 33-year-old enslaved man from Virginia was 5′10″ and around 200 pounds in the spring of 1849 when he forced himself into a wooden box not much ...
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The Black Church
The term "the black church" evolved from the phrase ... including the principle of equality before God. In 1829, African American abolitionist David Walker issued his famous tract, "Appeal ...
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An Ancient North African Civilization Sacrificed Their Young Children to Gods as Part of a Religious Practice
A collaborative paper from the academics of the university and several institutions around the world suggested that the Carthaginian parents sacrificed their young children to gods as part of a ...
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Theft of the Black Gods: The Superheroes
Visionary filmmaker Abassi Okoro (Uncloaked) returns with a mind-blowing look into ancient African and Orisha origins ... has historically appropriated the black Gods of old.