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Hastings holds State of Black Europe hearing in Congress from Marian @ Marian's Blog 24 Apr 2008 8:36 am

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In London in September or October 2004 this writer spoke on the panel, "Alliances We Need to Fight Racism" at the European Social Forum (Malmo, Sweden Sept. 2008). I participated as a member of the network Alliance of People of...

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Aime Cesaire, 1913-2008 - Negritude, gender, diaspora from Marian @ Marian's Blog 17 Apr 2008 10:57 am

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Aime Cesaire est mort aujourd'hui. Aime Cesaire has died today. We awoke to this news, 17 April 2008. He made it to age 94. The Martiniquan poet, novelist, playwright and former mayor of Fort de France and member of French...

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Martin Luther King’s birthday today, and ‘the silence of our friends’ from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 15 Jan 2008 5:21 am

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Today is the actual anniversary of Martin Luther King's birth. He would have been 79. It's interesting that for some reason he chose to change his name from Michael to Martin. Over the course of 2008 I'm paying attention to...

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Don’t bother USA with facts? Dalits: India’s own “Black” population from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 14 Jul 2007 8:39 am

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In Minneapolis in the late 80s or early 90s, along with two other persons of colour (Vincent who is Dalit and a U.S. Latina lady from St. Paul whose name I don't immediately recall), I initiated an "emergency" panel made...

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Hollywood Apartheid, Or appreciating the Films of Oscar Micheaux (1883-1951) from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 26 Jun 2007 5:30 am

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lncreasingly more frequently I think of the late, great American -and Black American - filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux. For me, Mr. Micheaux's prodigiousness and genius remain as freshly astounding as his obscurity still largely enforced by U.S. society. Actress Hazel Diaz...

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Post-Katrina, Cont’d: Let the People Rebuild - 2006 Harvard Jnl of African American Public Policy from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 24 Nov 2006 12:01 am

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For some strange reason we just don't seem to be hearing as much regular, in-depth news and information as we should about post-Katrina issues facing New Orleans, the Gulf Coast and the USA. So, we suggest you check the Summer...

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Re-connecting Africa with herself: 1619 Angola and Congo to Virginia from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 04 Sep 2006 5:21 am

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Re-connecting Africa with her history and her people means re-connecting Europe (and the Middle East) with its own history, too. About 350 slaves were bound for Veracruz [Mexico], when the ship was robbed of its human cargo off the coast...

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June: Caribbean American Heritage Month 2006 from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 14 Jun 2006 1:00 pm

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Props to our Caribbean cousins/sisters/brothers for Caribbean American Heritage Month 2006. Jasmyn Cannick has a good link on her site where she writes about Oakland, California Congresswoman Barbara Lee's 2005 proclamation, with a list of a few US folks of...

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Kenya Bloggers Day, aka Madaraka Day from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 01 Jun 2006 9:51 am

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Today is June 1st - both Madaraka Day and Kenya Bloggers Day. Uaridi (Swahili for 'rose') has done a lively Madaraka Day post at her blog so I've linked it here. Unlike Uaridi I'd probably trade a Tuskers and nyama...

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Somali Women’s Appeal, December 2004 from Marian Douglas @ Marian's Blog 26 May 2006 8:25 am

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Statement and Appeal of Somali Women December 2004: Appeal of the Somali Women contrary to being denied their rights on the decisions of the future of their nation The Somali Women, who before and after the years of Independence have...

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