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Once spoken in the saloons, streets and docks of New Orleans, Louisiana Creole has now almost disappeared.
Cambridge research into recordings from nearly a century ago is helping revive the language, and uncover the stories of its Black speakers born deep in the 19th century.
Listen to the recordings here 👉 bit.ly/4BxI2uz
ALT A historic photograph shows three individuals standing on a wooden platform at the New Orleans docks in 1902. Two adults and a child are in the foreground, with sacks and people in the background. The image is overlaid with the text "New Cambridge research: Earliest spoken audio of endangered U.S. language discovered".
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Global history shows internal conflicts and servitude existed on every continent. However, European empires transformed local trade into a global, industrial-scale economy of racialized chattel slavery that caused unprecedented demographic and social collapse across West Africa.
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As part of HKS's Debate, Debrief, and Dessert series, HKS professor @CornellWBrooks and Heritage Foundation president @KevinRobertsTX debated the role of diversity in higher education. The respectful but intense conversation focused on disagreements over Project 2025, DEI, and the Department of Education. The debate was followed by a discussion led by HKS Professor @JuliaMinson ken.sc/3TrOp1z
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“Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes as well as to practitioners and defenders of international justice whose passion and courage continue to ensure that impunity will not be allowed to reign.”
Today Navi Pillay, judge and human rights defender, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless dedication to upholding international law.
Read more about our newest peace laureate: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/…
ALT Navi Pillay is speaking in a formal setting. Text on the image reads: "Navi Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize" and "Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes."
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Denmark and Norway transported nearly 110,000 enslaved Africans to the West Indies between 1670 and 1804, as recorded in the ship logs of the slave vessel Fredensborg (below) that sailed to the Gold Coast in 1767 #slaveryarchive
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Changes to land management following British colonization of Australia may have amplified the influence of climate change on increasing wildfire intensity, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/3UbDo4M
ALT Aerial view of Purghagoolah (Lake Elusive) looking northwest. Credit: Michael-Shawn Fletcher
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🧵Black history is British history. So why do we keep stopping at England? 👀
This #BlackHistoryMonth, honouring our communities means looking beyond the familiar names and places.
From Wales and Scotland to Belfast, here are five lives worth knowing.
(1/3)
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Paper money was invented in China and became widely used by merchants during the Song dynasty (960-1279), principally as proof of cash holdings in state treasuries and for larger trade transactions.
#history #china #money
ALT Antique Chinese woodblock banknote with coin motifs and Chinese text above two men carrying a large bundle inside a building.
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Taking African stories to the world!
From inspiring conversations to young readers discovering new books, NIBF 2026 celebrated the power of African publishing.
Read our reflections on the fair and the future of African books!
The full review on: africanbookscollective.com/c…
#NIBF2026
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Manchester prospered from slavery—but it also became a leading centre of the campaign to abolish it.
Explore that complicated history on this guided walk on 15th October.
blackhistorymonth.org.uk/art…
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Wishing a very happy 100th birthday to the iconic Opal Lee! Our nation owes you a deep debt of gratitude for your lifelong leadership lifting up Black communities and preserving our history, including the fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday. It was such a privilege to get to celebrate with you today. ❤️
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Wangari Maathai was the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which led to the planting of millions of trees.
Today we announce the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
ALT Wangari Maathai, smiling, holds a potted plant, dressed in a bright blue and yellow traditional dress and matching headscarf.
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[🆕📘NEW BOOK REVIEW (AHEAD OF PRESS)] Michael Bentley (St Hugh’s College, Oxford), “Review of Emile Chabal, The age of Hobsbawm: the life of a revolutionary historian” IHR (2026). doi.org/10.1080/17496977.202….
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This week: DREAMS ARE COLDER THAN DEATH a film by ARTHUR JAFA. 2014. 53 min.
To coincide with @newmuseum’s expansive survey “Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony” we present his powerful meditation on what it means to be black in the 21st century.
For one week on lecinemaclub.com.
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A child born in 2026 should not have to carry the weight of centuries of racial discrimination and the horrors of the past.
Reparatory justice means coming to terms with the truth of our common history to help dismantle systemic racism. My statement: ohchr.org/en/statements-and-…
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Join me tomorrow morning, Thursday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 a.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. Geneva for a United Nations discussion on reparatory justice.
I’m at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, sharing the Task Force’s recommendations as the only U.S. speaker listed.
#ReparationsNow
How can we advance reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent?
Addressing the enduring legacies of enslavement, the trade in enslaved Africans and colonialism is essential to dismantling systemic racism today. As calls for reparatory justice grow, dialogue can help translate commitments into concrete action.
Join UN Human Rights for the High-level Dialogue on reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent, bringing together States, experts and civil society to explore human rights-based approaches, share examples of reparatory measures and identify practical ways forward.
Featuring a keynote address by @volker_turk , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the event will also highlight UN Human Rights’ explainers on reparatory justice, designed to deepen understanding and support action.
📅 8 October 2026
🕞15:30–17:00 Geneva time
Join us online at: unog-un-org.zoom.us/j/985361…
Interpretation will be provided in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish
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Many things could be said about this obit. No African scholars quoted, impact of slavery on demographics minimized without discussion, gloss between Nkrumah (elected) and Eyadema (French sponsored), just for starters. Nothing against Illife, btw. nytimes.com/2026/10/06/obitu…
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Join the Cambridge Inequality Lab for 'Mapping the Elites: Methods, new data, cast and class'
8 Oct at 2pm
bit.ly/4dsRFAB
The event will bring together scholars working with innovative data and methods to ask how elites can be identified, mapped, and understood
ALT Logo for the Cambridge Inequality Lab featuring a geometric design of interlinked nodes above the text.
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The journal African Economic History publishes reviews of books in English, French, and Portuguese. We particularly welcome books published in African countries and in countries of the Global South. Check the link for more information aeh.uwpress.org/content/edit…
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“By framing slave revolts as working-class uprisings, we can restore the humanity of those considered chattel and ensure their impact on American labor movements is seen in the proper light.” — @queenie4rmnola momentum.medium.com/never-fo…
