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Elmina Castle and the Year of Return
By Evan Binkley (@evanbinkley_) In 2019, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo inaugurated the Year of Return, a national tourism strategy that invited members of the African Diaspora to visit Ghana.[1] The Year of Return marked four hundred years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in the English Colony of Virginia. To commemorate this anniversary, President Akufo-Addo…
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Emilie Cunning – Historian Highlight
Emilie Cunning, @emiliegcunning, interviewed by Cherish Watton Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge. We ask students how they came to research their topic, their favourite archival find, as well as the best (and worst) advice they’ve received as academics in training. History is…
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Contestations of the Past: A Historical Analysis of the Christopher Columbus Monuments in Trinidad
By Aileen Alexis The history of Trinidad from 1498 is representative of a colonial and imperial system of Spanish and British rule. The impact of European colonization in Trinidad has meant that how we construct and remember history often follows Western historiography. The public arena is filled with signs, symbols, street names, buildings, artifacts, and…
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3. A French Christmas Carol
By Tiéphaine Thomason If you were to stroll through the chilly streets of late seventeenth-century Paris, you would be sure to hear singing. This singing would be set to tunes ranging from the solemn, almost melancholic ‘Or nous dites Marie’ (But tell us Mary) to the decidedly jolly ‘Laissez paître vos bêtes’ (Leave your beasts…
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15. A Collection of Slovak Winter Sayings
By Vanesa Djibrilova Each culture and each language present their own practical and moral guidance to the human experience. This wisdom is often summed up into catchy short phrases – sayings and proverbs. The authorship of Slovak proverbs is largely unknown. Most folk sayings likely predate the 19th century. However, perhaps many would be forgotten…
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