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The hidden story of African-Irish children
The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots. In the middle of the last century, thousands of students from African countries were studying at Irish universities. Some had children outside marriage, who were then placed in one of Ireland’s … Continue reading
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Was ancient Egypt an African civilization? With Dr. Rebecca Futo Kennedy
In this video Dr. Rebecca Futo Kennedy explores a much debated question and that is what kind of civilization was ancient Egypt? Was it strictly an African Civilization? If it was strictly African then what kind? Indigenous North African mixed … Continue reading
5 Pharaonic Words Egyptians Use Today
5 Pharaonic Words Egyptians Use till Today | We talk about important Egyptian slang words that came from ancient Egyptian origin. These words are still used in daily life and you will be amazed if you know their actual meaning … Continue reading
What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like (and How We Know)
For most of us, ancient Egyptian is a highly visual language represented by the familiar hieroglyphs left behind on monuments, papyrus documents, and even sarcophagi. But of course it was a spoken language as well.[…] Source: What Ancient Egyptian Sounded … Continue reading
Palenque | Psyche Films
The steady drumbeat of life in the first free town in the Americas Palenque is a film made from rhythms. Musical rhythms, daily rhythms, visual rhythms. Rhythms of work, of speech and of play. It’s also a film that breaks … Continue reading
Learn Some Black American Sign Language | Kottke
After a video Nakia Smith did with her grandfather went viral, Netflix asked her to explain what Black American Sign Language is, how it came about, and how it differs from American Sign Language. Black American Sign Language is a … Continue reading
An Animated Stan Lee Explains Why the F- Word Is “the Most Useful Word in the English Language” (NSFW) | Open Culture
FYI. The language in this video is not safe for work. And now, on to our post. In the last couple years of his life, Stan Lee was ill, his health failing, but he stayed engaged and remained his old … Continue reading
Regeneration Manchester: Len Grant and a city in transition
How a local photographer captured the city’s growing pains in words and images I’ve grown up with Len Grant and so has Manchester. I became an official tour guide for the North West in 1996, and a couple of … Continue reading
‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest | Guardian
Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago Dalya Alberge Sun 29 Nov 2020 10.00 GMT One of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art has … Continue reading
The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree
Humanity’s place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change. Drawing on indigenous traditions … Continue reading
How Is Naomi A Jewish & Japanese Name?
Give The Land Back?
Today we travel to a future where the US and Canada give stolen land back to tribes & bands. Guests: Molly Swain — co-host of Métis in Space, studying in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta … Continue reading
