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Foreign Affairs3h
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Badawi’s encyclopedic survey of African history is an important installment in the current wave of scholarship on the deep histories of African societies.
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies20h
Q&A: A daughter tells her Native mother’s story — and a larger American one
In ‘Medicine River,’ journalist Mary Annette Pember confronts the legacy of boarding schools and the trauma passed down through generations ...
‘Medicine River’ reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter’s eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the ...
Hegseth purged two of my books on race. Did he actually read them?
D.E.I. backlash aren't dogmatic or indoctrinating. They offer nuanced and complicated visions of race and other forms of ...
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole's own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have ...
politicsweb14d
The return of Bantu Education? - Gavin Davis
In 1953, Hendrik Verwoerd introduced the reprehensible policy of Bantu Education. This policy limited the educational opportunities of black South Africans to ensure a steady supply of unskilled and ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette14d
Speaker, book examine Nippenose Valley’s history
Brown Library Book Review. “As a teenager, he took it upon himself to go around and interview members of the families in the Valley and to learn about their history – when their families came ...
Hindustan Times14d
Bajrang Dal leader found dead with throat slit; step kin booked
The police registered a case of murder against his four kin, including his stepmother Madhubala, stepbrother Manav alias Bantu, stepsister Shalu, and her husband Anuj. The stepbrother had been ...
The Hill14d
70 percent of book challenges come from groups, elected officials: Research
More than 70 percent of book challenges in 2024 came from organized groups and government officials, according to the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report by the American Library Association ...
WTTV17d
Philippe Orsetti’s Book Explores a Century of Helicopter History Through Philately
The book features an impressive compilation of stamps, autographs, and postal history issued up to the centenary of the first helicopter flight in 2007, making it both a visual masterpiece and an ...
National Bureau of Economic Research18d
The Ebbing Tide: How Will Higher Education Adapt to Demographic Change?
Since 2010, postsecondary enrollment in the United States has fallen by 12.5 percent, the first sustained decrease in the postwar era. The decline coincides with a modest decline in the number of US ...
politicsweb24d
The return of Bantu Education? - Gavin Davis
In 1953, Hendrik Verwoerd introduced the reprehensible policy of Bantu Education. This policy limited the educational opportunities of black South Africans to ensure a steady supply of unskilled and ...