A Brief History of Colonists in South Africa provides an overview of the story of the Boers, British, and Black South Africans from the 1400s to the early 1900s.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-colonists-in-south-africa.
Part three of a three-part profile of Patrice Lumumba. The final episode discusses the assassination of Lumumba as well as theories about who was involved and why.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/patrice-lumumba.
A book review of Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀'s "Stay With Me", a story about a married Nigerian couple who experience difficulties trying to conceive.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/stay-with-me-book-review.
Part two of a three part profile of Patrice Lumumba. The second episode picks up after Lumumba has co-founded the first national Congolese political party and allies and enemies emerge.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/patrice-lumumba.
A review of the 1996 film "Set It Off" which tells the story of four Black women in Los Angeles who decide to become bank robbers to help their plans for better lives.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/set-it-off-movie-review.
Part one of a three-part profile of Patrice Lumumba. The first episode covers the period of Lumumba's childhood to his becoming an “évolué."
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/patrice-lumumba.