{"id":58,"date":"2022-10-17T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2023-01-22T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:20:12","slug":"the-poem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/the-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"58\" class=\"elementor elementor-58\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fb31a4a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5fb31a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78a88167\" data-id=\"78a88167\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2ac493 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e2ac493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">missing Histories: Bangwa Queen<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b789f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48b789f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Radikal Queen<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-761517a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"761517a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe6b2f0\" data-id=\"fe6b2f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d44d240 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d44d240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photo Credit: Mus\u00e9e Dapper, Paris (3343)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142de93 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"142de93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ZnsYQ6HmKcc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;-webkit-transform:translateZ(0);transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-container>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4852c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4852c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>At first I was gonna try a gimmick<\/p><p>To force you to see me<\/p><p>I was gonna ask the able-bodied present to stand<\/p><p>while I sit<\/p><p>for a few minutes<\/p><p>In order to communicate the essence<\/p><p>of different perspectives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d42c148 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d42c148\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0b419e\" data-id=\"c0b419e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb084d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eb084d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p><p>For instance: if the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XkwO8BJNjXI\">rapist flings some coins<\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaljustice.org.uk\/dangerous-delusions\/myth-6-africa-needs-our-help\/\">stolen purse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7hfFxTbLFWs\">back at their victim<\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>is that the same thing<\/p>\n<p>as philanthropy? or remorse?<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If not, why is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2017\/5\/24\/africa-is-not-poor-we-are-stealing-its-wealth\">money coming back to Africa from violent, military, western regimes called \u2018aid\u2019<\/a>?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee6ab6a\" data-id=\"ee6ab6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd6533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"0bd6533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-0bd6533\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-0bd6533\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"rapist flings some coins\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Future of the Global Economy | Dambisa Moyo, International Economist<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XkwO8BJNjXI\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"From The Stolen Purse<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Myth 6: Africa needs our help<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaljustice.org.uk\/dangerous-delusions\/myth-6-africa-needs-our-help\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-371998c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"back at their victim<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Utilization of Western NGOs for the Theft of Africa&#039;s Vast Resources<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7hfFxTbLFWs\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-237caf2\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"money coming back to Africa from violent, military, western regimes called \u2018aid\u2019\"?<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2017\/5\/24\/africa-is-not-poor-we-are-stealing-its-wealth\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c302aa2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c302aa2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8390d8\" data-id=\"f8390d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861883f elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"861883f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-861883f\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-861883f\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"social contract to deny your autonomy\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Racial Contract<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalsocialtheory.org\/concepts\/the-racial-contract\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\"> bullshit of several centuries<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Walter Rodney 1973<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/abahlali.org\/files\/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-371998c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"forced 'donations' from Black & Brown nations\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7hfFxTbLFWs\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b83fdc0\" data-id=\"b83fdc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c859f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80c859f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, I decided it&#8217;s futile <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to try and convince someone of your human status<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if they have already made a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalsocialtheory.org\/concepts\/the-racial-contract\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social contract<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalsocialtheory.org\/concepts\/the-racial-contract\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to deny your autonomy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they&#8217;ve been trained to dehumanise you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see: missing histories present as invisible disabilities<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within modern imperialist society.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I only have a few minutes to discuss the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abahlali.org\/files\/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bullshit <\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abahlali.org\/files\/3295358-walter-rodney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of several centuries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to\u00a0 speak of the dishonesties<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are consistently swept under this particular (Probably Kashmiri<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) rug.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let&#8217;s talk British heritage, eh?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British heritage places that which was freely commissioned and given <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hoTxiRWrvp8\">forced &#8216;donations&#8217; from Black and Brown nations<\/a>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-be1f910 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be1f910\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e75daae\" data-id=\"e75daae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a85a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a85a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And these <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2021\/10\/12\/stealing-africa-how-britain-looted-the-continents-art\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">involuntary extractions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continue to this day<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and are justified<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aas.princeton.edu\/news\/western-museums-need-return-stolen-artifacts-get-right-side-history-says-art-historian\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prestigious institutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that see work from people who look like me<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as &#8220;inspiration&#8221;,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whilst simultaneously dismissing and denigrating us,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All while we are imitated.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a4d8be\" data-id=\"7a4d8be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e461710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"e461710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-e461710\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-e461710\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"involuntary extractions\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Stealing Africa: How Britain looted the continent\u2019s art | History | Al Jazeera<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.aljazeera.com\/amp\/features\/2021\/10\/12\/stealing-africa-how-britain-looted-the-continents-art\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"prestigious instiutions\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Western museums need to return stolen artifacts to &#039;get on the right side of history,&#039; says art historian | Department of African American Studies<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaljustice.org.uk\/dangerous-delusions\/myth-6-africa-needs-our-help\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdba263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdba263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My evidence?<\/p><p>Oh well. In this room alone<\/p><p>I count at least three organisations and people<\/p><p>who have appropriated the fruit of my creative womb<\/p><p>to benefit a non-Black congregation.<\/p><p>They just snatched up my ideas in the interview or meeting<\/p><p>and passed them off as their own.<\/p><p>My bright birds are now embalmed and enthroned within the grey palace<\/p><p>of their new owners&#8217; lacklustre imaginations<\/p><p>Some of these are now famous AND appropriated.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f211dd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f211dd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bb7a88\" data-id=\"6bb7a88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58bf918 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"58bf918\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-58bf918\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-58bf918\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"BAME-ness\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Part One: Ethnic Minority? No, Global Majority. \u2013 Media Diversified<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mediadiversified.org\/2014\/01\/23\/ethnic-minority-no-global-majority\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"BAME\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">BAME: A report on the use of the term and responses to it Terminology Review for the BBC and Creative Industries<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net\/docs\/csu2021325-lhc-report-bbchighres231121-1-132828299798280213.pdf\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-371998c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"that erases my blackness\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">How black women were whitewashed by art - BBC Culture<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20190114-how-black-women-were-whitewashed-by-art\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-06ea3c7\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"and allows everyone else<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Erasure Of Black Women\u2019s Contributions: From Past To Present<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2021\/10\/08\/the-erasure-of-black-womens-contributions-from-past-to-present\/?sh=2d5575c13fd8\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-3e867dc\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"anonymous inspiration\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Unmasking Adrienne Fidelin: Picasso, Man Ray, and the (In)Visibility of Racial Difference<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernismmodernity.org\/articles\/grossman-unmasking-fidelin\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44eb3ce\" data-id=\"44eb3ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56b25f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56b25f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I partly blame the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mediadiversified.org\/2014\/01\/23\/ethnic-minority-no-global-majority\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAME-ness<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net\/docs\/csu2021325-lhc-report-bbchighres231121-1-132828299798280213.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAME.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net\/docs\/csu2021325-lhc-report-bbchighres231121-1-132828299798280213.pdf\">an imposed label<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>that <a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20190114-how-black-women-were-whitewashed-by-art\">erases my Blackness<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2021\/10\/08\/the-erasure-of-black-womens-contributions-from-past-to-present\/?sh=2d5575c13fd8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allows everyone else<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full access and permission to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/politics\/a33470990\/black-lives-matter-cultural-appropriation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">profit from<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14680777.2018.1447395?journalCode=rfms20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my voice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and my Ways.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are mere <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/modernismmodernity.org\/articles\/grossman-unmasking-fidelin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anonymous &#8216;inspiration&#8217;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, your skilled iridescence<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is seen as a non-sentient manifestation of Beingness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like an unschooled sunset bursting with free beauty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free booty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-36078ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36078ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c581a45\" data-id=\"c581a45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0948ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0948ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the one you call <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RnTk0n48nE7KEQJvQRSkUMY3Ahofz271\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Bangwa Queen&#8217;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, complete with scare quotes,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because how could SHE be royalty?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND you think she is just a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;figurine&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96454de\" data-id=\"96454de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e8bca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64e8bca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Man Ray, Untitled (c.1933)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca7f74 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"dca7f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bangwa-queen.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78238c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b78238c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photo Credit: Mus\u00e9e Dapper, Paris (3343)\u200b<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-06f2ae6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06f2ae6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-49d2091\" data-id=\"49d2091\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d502ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d502ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Her real name is Ngwindem, meaning: &#8216;most high priestess of god&#8217;.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We in fact already <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lebialem.info\/page-13\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but we aren&#8217;t counted as real people by your limited scholars.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4c8c38\" data-id=\"b4c8c38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13bb0a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"13bb0a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-13bb0a0\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-13bb0a0\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"told you\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Audio Recordings - Chief. DN Fobellah<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lebialem.info\/page-13\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981c7e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"981c7e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwindem is the embodiment of an ancestor goddess who lived among us.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She rested in the Grasslands kingdoms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a nation neighbouring my own people in Central Africa, the Mbetu.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddc1dcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddc1dcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9141ad4\" data-id=\"9141ad4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7aa84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"6b7aa84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-6b7aa84\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-6b7aa84\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"deceitful German scientists\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Fontem Asonganyi, Gustav Conrau and the Bangwa Resistance<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ghosttownmonday.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/06\/fontem-asonganyi-gustav-conrau-and-the-bangwa-resistance\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">'ethnographic artefact'<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Gustav Conrau\u2019s Cameroon ColleCtion in the Berlin ethnoloGi- Cal museum<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreasschlothauer.com\/texte\/kk9_conrau_cameroon_en.pdf\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-371998c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"stole her, and sent her back to his european museum\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">A Look at Africa\u2019s Stolen Artefacts \u2013 Ibiene Magazine<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiene.com\/culture\/a-look-at-africas-stolen-artefacts\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-06ea3c7\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"and allows everyone else<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Erasure Of Black Women\u2019s Contributions: From Past To Present<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2021\/10\/08\/the-erasure-of-black-womens-contributions-from-past-to-present\/?sh=2d5575c13fd8\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-3e867dc\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"granted access to Agonyi's kingdom\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Conrau in Cameroon<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12pZF9JxBp_2INfVU5Mtvgv9xO-F_oSUsVSZzcGbC97Y\/edit?usp=sharing\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-9ec772d\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"Golden Bough\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Golden Bough - Wikipedia<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Golden_Bough\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-d7e4579\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"lie of racial superiority\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Social Darwinism in the Gilded Age (article) | Khan Academy<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/us-history\/the-gilded-age\/gilded-age\/a\/social-darwinism-in-the-gilded-age\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-53bea95\" data-id=\"53bea95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b653c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b653c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghosttownmonday.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/06\/fontem-asonganyi-gustav-conrau-and-the-bangwa-resistance\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deceitful german scientist<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who first called her an <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/andreasschlothauer.com\/texte\/kk9_conrau_cameroon_en.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;ethnographic artefact&#8217;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ibiene.com\/culture\/a-look-at-africas-stolen-artefacts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stole her,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ibiene.com\/culture\/a-look-at-africas-stolen-artefacts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sent her back to his european museum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His team took advantage of those <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andreasschlothauer.com\/texte\/kk9_conrau_cameroon_en.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five days they were graciously invited<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12pZF9JxBp_2INfVU5Mtvgv9xO-F_oSUsVSZzcGbC97Y\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">granted access to Agonyi&#8217;s kingdom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They looted temples and stately houses and all without shame!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hai! Is THIS your civilisation??<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regards to heritage, the relevance\u00a0 is that we are seen by imperialist academics<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as unevolved hominids<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and this belief that spouts uncontested from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Golden_Bough\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Bough<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of western european\u00a0 invention<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>bolsters their <a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/us-history\/the-gilded-age\/gilded-age\/a\/social-darwinism-in-the-gilded-age\">lie of racial superiority<\/a>.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I say they are culturally invested<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in our creative degradation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9931b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9931b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7f4f18\" data-id=\"d7f4f18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62617d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62617d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-12.53.49-PM-733x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-12.53.49-PM-733x1024.png 733w, https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-12.53.49-PM-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-12.53.49-PM-768x1072.png 768w, https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-12.53.49-PM.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae94c6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae94c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Man Ray, Untitled (c.1933)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f53d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f53d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wGC7DPOYILXkIL2tFa7MVaWxN7eq7bgG\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the kidnapped Ngwindem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was renamed as your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RnTk0n48nE7KEQJvQRSkUMY3Ahofz271\/view?usp=sharing\">Bangwa Queen<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and in the 30s was seen as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;primitive art&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquesandthearts.com\/an-ray-african-art-and-the-modernist-lensat-the-phillips-collection\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man Ray<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s modernist camera lens and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onthisdateinphotography.com\/2016\/10\/29\/october-29\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">borrowed perspective<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xKRP9NhsDrGtMlnAoK4pC62aQj9dGLGA\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re-introduced in the 50s<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to represent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.gsu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&amp;context=aas_theses\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">western ideas of savage, and unthinking sexual expression<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130618062429\/http:\/\/www.tribalartmagazine.com\/en\/commander\/magazines\/tribal_art_summer_xiii_3_52\/in_the_beginning_was_woman.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He saw this as THE defining aspect<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130618062429\/http:\/\/www.tribalartmagazine.com\/en\/commander\/magazines\/tribal_art_summer_xiii_3_52\/in_the_beginning_was_woman.html\">of African womanity<\/a>, <a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GDbQlqoHfacgVoV5vHePwYTbEJln_bpL\/view?usp=sharing\">of our womanness<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf1176a\" data-id=\"cf1176a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b26271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"0b26271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-0b26271\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-0b26271\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"Man Ray's\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Man Ray, African Art And The Modernist LensAt The Phillips Collection - Antiques And The Arts WeeklyAntiques And The Arts Weekly<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquesandthearts.com\/an-ray-african-art-and-the-modernist-lensat-the-phillips-collection\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-41799ff\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"borrowed perspective\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">ON THIS DATE IN PHOTOGRAPHY: BY JAMES MCARDLE<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquesandthearts.com\/an-ray-african-art-and-the-modernist-lensat-the-phillips-collection\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-7f7b3c0\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"western ideas of savage, and unthinking sexual expression\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">&#039;Keep that Same Energy Sis&#039;: An Exploration of Black Women&#039;s Use of Offline Resistance Strategies<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.gsu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&amp;context=aas_theses\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-a9bf5f5\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"He saw this as THE defining aspect of African womanity\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">In the Beginning Was Woman<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130618062429\/http:\/\/www.tribalartmagazine.com\/en\/commander\/magazines\/tribal_art_summer_xiii_3_52\/in_the_beginning_was_woman.html\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-f5690dd\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"of our womaness\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context <br> Man Ray, Helena\u2019s Statue \u201cThe Bangwa Queen\u201d 1937<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Man Ray Photo Article<\/div><div class=\"twae-media  thumbnail\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-1.10.58-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GDbQlqoHfacgVoV5vHePwYTbEJln_bpL\/view?usp=sharing\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dffb489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dffb489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"503\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-ray-pic.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-ray-pic.jpeg 503w, https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/man-ray-pic-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1834d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1834d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Man Ray, Untitled (c.1933)<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec39eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec39eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-03a92cd\" data-id=\"03a92cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb0976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"8cb0976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-8cb0976\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-8cb0976\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-af45cab\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"the most expensive example of <br> African art on the planet\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context <br> Photo Source: The New York Times, National <br> edition, Auctions, Rita Reif, Feb 1990<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">$3.4-Million Sculpture Sale Sets Record for African Art : Auction: Some items in a Beverly Hills collection bring as much as 10 times their pre-sale estimates during brisk bidding at Sotheby&#039;s in New York. - Los Angeles Times<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1990-04-22-mn-392-story.html\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"previous creative enslavers\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Bangwa Queen: Interpretations, Constructions, and Appropriations of Meaning of the Esteemed Ancestress Figure from the Cameroon Grassfields<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.bard.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=AwrIS.XHKedcTO0AmhB3Bwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNW1mZ29uBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjcxNDZfMQRzZWMDc3I-\/RV=2\/RE=1558682183\/RO=10\/RU=http%3a%2f%2fdigitalcommons.bard.edu%2fcgi%2fviewcontent.cgi%3farticle%3d1052%26context%3dsenproj_s2014\/RK=2\/RS=q50hVpVCjtE3I_lNGwuRZW0MATo-&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1052&amp;context=senproj_s2014\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-e94a13e\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"stolen treasures\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Top 5 Treasures Stolen From Africa By Colonialists - Opera News<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ng.opera.news\/ng\/en\/others\/amp\/e8fc0425847568c3e430e4042d4778b0\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-cc6293f\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"demanding transparency in lieu of colonial lies\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">To Protest Colonialism, He Takes Artifacts From Museums - The New York Times<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/21\/arts\/design\/france-museum-quai-branly.html\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-90fe2a3\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"desire to topple Nelson's column\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"> Nelson, BLM and new voices: why Barbados is ditching the Queen<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/29\/nelson-blm-and-new-voices-how-barbados-came-to-cut-ties-to-crown\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9415903\" data-id=\"9415903\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-065fa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"065fa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Ngwindem has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1RmMT4-DF-gaucnn0RfHPyY4pqR-BOo3p\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sold so many times<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lilblackbooks.com\/afidi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-17-at-1.14.44-PM-703x1024.png\" width=\"168\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that she has been declared <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1990-04-22-mn-392-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most expensive example of African art<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1990-04-22-mn-392-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the planet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but not due to her inherent value or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beauty<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is because of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illustrious reputations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all of her previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.bard.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=AwrIS.XHKedcTO0AmhB3Bwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyNW1mZ29uBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjcxNDZfMQRzZWMDc3I-\/RV=2\/RE=1558682183\/RO=10\/RU=http%3a%2f%2fdigitalcommons.bard.edu%2fcgi%2fviewcontent.cgi%3farticle%3d1052%26context%3dsenproj_s2014\/RK=2\/RS=q50hVpVCjtE3I_lNGwuRZW0MATo-&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1052&amp;context=senproj_s2014\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creative enslavers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I have<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it mean<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that British museums<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">define British culture<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the accumulated weight<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ng.opera.news\/ng\/en\/others\/amp\/e8fc0425847568c3e430e4042d4778b0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stolen treasures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is it that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/21\/arts\/design\/france-museum-quai-branly.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demanding transparency<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/21\/arts\/design\/france-museum-quai-branly.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in lieu of colonial lies<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is interpreted as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/29\/nelson-blm-and-new-voices-how-barbados-came-to-cut-ties-to-crown\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desire<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/29\/nelson-blm-and-new-voices-how-barbados-came-to-cut-ties-to-crown\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/aug\/22\/toppling-statues-nelsons-column-should-be-next-slavery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">topple Nelson&#8217;s column<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b76a89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b76a89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nah.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The column is fine, just make sure that little paper plaque<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also tells us that he was an enthusiastic white supremacist.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2051b4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2051b4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3717b2\" data-id=\"c3717b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7991273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7991273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The evidence shows<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That he fully supported the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/the-paper\/v44\/n12\/fara-dabhoiwala\/my-runaway-slave-reward-two-guineas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enslavement of Black people in concentration camps<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Caribbean.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelson counted the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2020\/oct\/29\/the-interest-by-michael-taylor-review-busting-the-british-slavery-myth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">depraved<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Thistlewood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serial rapists<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who ran those accursed plantations<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amongst some of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncomfortableoxford.co.uk\/post\/horatio-nelson-turning-a-blind-eye-to-slavery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his closest friends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see: this is the true legacy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the brutish empire.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yeah. I know why you were not taught this.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your truth hurts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e83af8a\" data-id=\"e83af8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2172f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"2172f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-2172f76\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-2172f76\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-3a2e975\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"enslavement of Black people in concentration camps\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Fara Dabhoiwala \u00b7 My Runaway Slave, Reward Two Guineas: Tools of Enslavement \u00b7 LRB 23 June 2022<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/the-paper\/v44\/n12\/fara-dabhoiwala\/my-runaway-slave-reward-two-guineas\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-41799ff\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"depraved\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Interest by Michael Taylor review \u2013 busting the British slavery myth | Books | The Guardian<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2020\/oct\/29\/the-interest-by-michael-taylor-review-busting-the-british-slavery-myth\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-7f7b3c0\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"serial rapists\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Thomas Thistlewood - Wikipedia<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Thistlewood\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-a9bf5f5\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"some of his closest friends\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Horatio Nelson: Turning a blind eye to slavery?<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncomfortableoxford.co.uk\/post\/horatio-nelson-turning-a-blind-eye-to-slavery\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b36db58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b36db58\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1125c2\" data-id=\"b1125c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b63e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"0b63e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-0b63e81\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-0b63e81\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-af45cab\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"Churchill\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">History The horrible truth about Winston Churchill | Morning Star<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/morningstaronline.co.uk\/article\/truth-about-winston-churchill\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"set up concentration camps\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">His Darkest Hour: 12 Times Winston Churchill Was Far From Being a Hero<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.com\/darkest-hour-12-times-winston-churchill-far-hero\/12\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-e94a13e\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"selling and buying African bodies like mine\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Haiti was the first nation to permanently ban slavery - The Washington Post<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/07\/12\/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-cc6293f\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"seed capital for your industrial revolution\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The ideological origins of chattel slavery in the British world | National Museums Liverpool<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\/ideological-origins-of-chattel-slavery-british-world\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-90fe2a3\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"desire to topple Nelson's column\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"> Nelson, BLM and new voices: why Barbados is ditching the Queen<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/29\/nelson-blm-and-new-voices-how-barbados-came-to-cut-ties-to-crown\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-2d655ae\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"our heritage\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">DOI | Haiti and the Atlantic World<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/haitidoi.com\/doi\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-f1cd0a2\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"ethnographic artifacts\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Bangwa Queen: Artifact or Heritage? | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/international-journal-of-cultural-property\/article\/abs\/bangwa-queen-artifact-or-heritage\/2E3F39EEB20959678BA26338E987A48A#\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c27558\" data-id=\"7c27558\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5726584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5726584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact is that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/morningstaronline.co.uk\/article\/truth-about-winston-churchill\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Churchill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like his less celebrated german contemporary<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.com\/darkest-hour-12-times-winston-churchill-far-hero\/12\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up concentration camps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the destruction of African communities<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And also that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/07\/12\/haiti-was-first-nation-permanently-ban-slavery\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selling and buying African bodies like mine<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is how your people stole<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk\/ideological-origins-of-chattel-slavery-british-world\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seed capital for your industrial revolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time we looked at<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/haitidoi.com\/doi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> our heritage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the lens<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of accurate historical context.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/international-journal-of-cultural-property\/article\/abs\/bangwa-queen-artifact-or-heritage\/2E3F39EEB20959678BA26338E987A48A#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ethnographic artefacts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> populate foreign museums,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this appears to be what I hear being defined<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as British heritage.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely british identity can do so much better<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">than this most gruesome aesthetic?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e41a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e41a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be honest &#8211; I was surprised to be invited to speak here<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to sit at this officially sanctioned table.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The likes of me are usually dismembered and served in the cultural buffet, later<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our fates and faces are discussed and decided<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by those defined as whiter, I mean wiser, and more objective.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b94f85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b94f85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-467c4b9\" data-id=\"467c4b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a1b83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30a1b83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do not accept this system, or its categorisations<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as I have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usu.edu\/think-care-act\/files\/inclusive-excellence-symposium\/2019\/decentering-whiteness.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">de-centred<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a paradigm<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that only sees me and mine<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as plundered victims<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and serves our arses as the main mother-fucking meal.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can smell it.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But still the servers of my flesh and blood have the nerve<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ask me to hold their hands and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fitchburgstate.libguides.com\/c.php?g=1046516&amp;p=7616506\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMAGINE<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/news\/kristen-bell-colour-blind-childrens-book-racist-the-world-needs-more-purple-people-a9563211.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a world of purple people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sci-fi revisionism makes the purple people always so positive and see!?<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mediadiversified.org\/2022\/03\/18\/the-governments-response-to-the-roundly-discredited-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities-report-chaired-by-dr-tony-sewell-has-finally-been-published\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appointed tokens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prove it!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the axes fashioned from the brown forest of our peoples<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whose job is to facilitate the cultural devastation, the artistic appropriation,\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All in their roles as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voice-online.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/2022\/06\/21\/61-years-later-belgium-finally-returns-patrice-lumumbas-tooth-to-family\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most suitable replacement for our true leaders<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bee6e5\" data-id=\"5bee6e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Colorblindness - Anti-racism Resources - Research Help at Fitchburg State University<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fitchburgstate.libguides.com\/c.php?g=1046516&amp;p=7616506\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-7f7b3c0\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"a world of purple people\"\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Kristen Bell accused of glorifying \u2018colourblindness\u2019 in children\u2019s book | The Independent<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/news\/kristen-bell-colour-blind-childrens-book-racist-the-world-needs-more-purple-people-a9563211.html\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-a9bf5f5\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"The appointed tokens\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">The Governments response to the roundly discredited Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report Chaired by Dr Tony Sewell has finally been published \u2013 Media Diversified<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mediadiversified.org\/2022\/03\/18\/the-governments-response-to-the-roundly-discredited-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities-report-chaired-by-dr-tony-sewell-has-finally-been-published\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-bb5cbac\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"most suitable replacement for our true leaders\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">61 years later... Belgium finally returns Patrice Lumumba&#039;s tooth to family - Voice Online<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voice-online.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/2022\/06\/21\/61-years-later-belgium-finally-returns-patrice-lumumbas-tooth-to-family\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5936faa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5936faa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b230337\" 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aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Dr. Arikana Chihombori | How France Is Stealing Africa&#039;s Wealth | Colonisation Never Stopped!<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v4DGqlq5BDQ\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-82ea857\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"appreciation\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Negrophilia - Wikipedia<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Negrophilia\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-e94a13e\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"Ngwindem\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read More for Context<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\">Lefem (Royal Ancestor Figure)<\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imodara.com\/discover\/cameroon-bangwa-lefem-royal-ancestor-figure-njuindem-priestess\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-1e2d3b3\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">\"missing Herstory\"<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">Read 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of heritage will be decided by voices<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will never live within the choices they are speaking on.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And although <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imodara.com\/discover\/cameroon-bangwa-lefem-royal-ancestor-figure-njuindem-priestess\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwindem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been famous for well over 100 years<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it appears you still refuse<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to say her name.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: center;\">Missing histories. and within that: another\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #e8e8e8; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Qq167HxUBDni63C1z8u-dehATrS_yz7T\/view?usp=sharing\">missing Herstory<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed46127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed46127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf90b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf90b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwindem!<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwindem!<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ngwindem!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br 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