mavtrevor: Rare Photos Of African Slaves On A Slave Ship, HEADED TOWARDS THE STATES

the captives were from east/horn of africa, and were headed towards the gulf region/middle east.

you can see the araboid captors in turbans, the atlantic slave traders were white.

the slaves were brought back and freed somewhere off the coast of tanzania, i think.

How can you post pictures that tell a story and forget about black history??

Slavery!

izenco2005: Ur remind me of my grandpa photo

me too.

First Nigerian Gold Medalist

October 1st 1960 - Nigerian kids celebrating the birth of the biggest black nation in the world!

This thread is out of this World! Magnificently awesome. I make a living with photography and I'm so excited and honoured to witness this. Much love! I love Nairaland!!!

30th May, 1967 - the declaration of Biafra, a war that changed Nigeria forever...

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering the power "I have a dream speech" on August 28, 1963 to 200,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington DC for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.,,

February 21, 1965, after Malcolm X was shot as he was about address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. R.I.P Malcolm X!!

Brixton riots, 1981 - black people fighting against racism and racial injustices... And event that changed race relations in the UK forever and ushered in a new dawn for the minorities in the UK. The main riot on 11 April, dubbed "Bloody Saturday" by TIME magazine, resulted in almost 280* injuries to police and 45* injuries to members of the public; over a hundred vehicles were burned, including 56 police vehicles; and almost 150 buildings were damaged, with thirty burned. There were 82 arrests. Reports suggested that up to 5,000 people were involved.

Legendary Maya Angelou and Malcolm X during their visit to Ghana in 1964...

9/11

Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya - the struggle for independence against the British colonialists...

The beast killed

Biafran Refugees at the Catholic relief centre in Oguta; during the Nigerian Civil war.

Flood in Nigeria

The brave Cubans and Angolan soldiers during the Angolan war of independence from Portugal and subsequently the Angolan civil war(cold war between Soviets and the West on Angolan soil)...

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba - an African legend...

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Assassination of Steven Bantu Biko - the father of black consciousness...

Ken Saro Wiwa

Nelson Mandela released from prison in 1990 - black power!!

Juky 12 1968, The General Hospital aba housing Biafran Refugees and injured Biafrans was the war front was bombed by Egyptian Pilots of Russian Made Nigeria Airforce Jets.

The Orkar Coup of April 22, 1990

That's how you tell a story with powerful pictures - I don't care about the China man, European, or some other crap... Africa and our legends(both dead and living) deserve attention at all times!!!

Happy new year! - God bless mama Africa!!

#BlackPower - right fist inna da air!

ABA WOMEN RIOT IN 1929

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July 1968, The General Hospital Aba housing Biafran Refugees and injured Biafrans was the war front was bombed by Egyptian Pilots of Russian Made Nigeria Airforce Jets.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti the Afrobeat Legend

Biafran child suffering from Kwashiokor during the Nigerian Civil War

Colonization: The Scramble for Africa

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mavtrevor: ABA WOMEN RIOT IN 1929

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this can't be a 1929 pic bro

Slavery

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