Justice Africa is an organization and research institute that advocates for human rights and social justice across Africa. The initiative supports civil society activities and advocates democracy and peace. Justice Africa is run by Africans and African communities and aims to give a voice to those who are directly affected by conflicts on the continent and are socially marginalized. Justice Africa’s goals, according to its website, are: Building alliances among institutions, stakeholders, and individuals to jointly develop policy changes in different countries in Africa Promoting civil society engagement in response to threats, war, and human rights abuses. Support dialogues, debates…
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For the first time in German, the volume “Thomas Sankara. The ideas do not die!” publishes the most important speeches of the revolutionary former president of Burkina Faso. The historical material, which includes the last known interview with Thomas Sankara conducted a few days before his assassination, is supplemented by color footage of the 2014 revolt in Burkina Faso. The volume begins in March 1983 with the speech “Who are the enemies of the people?”, moves chronologically through history, and concludes with Sankara’s final address on the evening of his assassination. The former president’s speeches are framed by a preface…
Under the title “The Third World in World War II” the “Rheinisches JournalistInnen Büro” together with “Recherche International e.V.” published a comprehensive, extraordinary and important collection of teaching materials on a hardly known and especially in Europe forgotten topic. The collection of materials, which runs to several hundred pages, includes extraordinary documents and annotated resources that address the situations and sorrowful experiences of people from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region during World War II. All the material can be downloaded here in PDF format. “The Third World in World War II” is also available as a nonfiction hardcover book…
American Indians in Children’s Literature (AICL) is a database and website for classroom materials on Native American history, culture, traditions, and beliefs. It is a resource for teachers*, parents, students*, librarians, and anyone seeking culturally respectful information about Native Americans. Good, self-determined material without reference to European concepts is important to curator Debbie Reese. She regularly reviews Native American children’s literature and some Native inspired books by Indigenous and some non-Indigenous authors. Current events relevant to Native Americans are also discussed on the blog. The site is very active and always “up-to-date”.
Crystal Swain Bates wrote the children’s book “Naturally Me” to help build children’s confidence and self-esteem. The protagonists of the book are a Black girl with freckles and a Black boy with a gap in his teeth. Throughout the book, from a first-person narrative perspective, the two refer positively to their identities and appearances. “Naturally Me” is primarily aimed at African-American children, but at the same time its message is an encouraging and universal one that should ultimately apply to all children and adults as well. Crystal Swain-Bates: 2014: Naturally Me. California: Goldest Karat Publishing.
The film biography “Gibsy” tells in the form of a docu-drama the story of Sintos Johann Trollmann, called “Rukeli” and “Gibsy”, who in the summer of 1933 surprisingly wins the German boxing championship in the light heavyweight division. Rukeli Trollmann’s success not only makes him a public favorite, but also puts him in the sights of National Socialists in the boxing federation. The victory he had won was revoked a week later on the grounds of poor behavior. Trollmann reacts decisively to this injustice: for his next fight he appears with dyed blond hair and white powdered skin as a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYRrufGrg0 “Revolution mit bloßen Händen” (Originaltitel: Révolution à mains nues – la trajectoire d’un peuple) ist ein Dokument der Erinnerung an die Widerstandskämpfe am 30. und 31. Oktober 2014 in Burkina Faso. Diese führten schließlich zum Sturz des diktatorischen Regimes von Blaise Compaoré. Im Film werden unterschiedliche Akteure der Kämpfe vor Ort vorgestellt und symbolträchtige Orte des Geschehens besucht. Die Sprache im Film ist Französisch mit deutschen Untertiteln. Die Frage nach dem Antrieb, den System-Sturz zu versuchen, nimmt im Film eine wichtige Rolle ein. Immer wieder erinnern sich Personen im Film an vorausgegangene Kämpfe. In der Vergangenheit hatten sich die…
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is an Inuit comedyabout perspectives on white people. It is a production of filmmaker Mark Sandiford and Inuit writer/satirist Zebedee Nungak. “Qallunaat” is the Inuit word for “white people.” The film is free to watch online. “This documentary pokes fun at the ways in which Inuit people have been treated as ‘exotic’ documentary subjects by turning the lens onto the strange behaviours of Qallunaat (the Inuit word for white people). The term refers less to skin color than to a certain state of mind: Qallunaat greet each other with inane salutations, repress natural bodily…
“Asian Germans” by Kien Nghi Ha is the first scholarly work to comprehensively address “Asian-Germans” or the diversity of Asian presences in Germany. Using the example of Vietnamese migration, the volume examines the diverse forms of diasporic life and emphasizes that this process must be thought of from the perspective of migrant subjects. In the anthology, analyses of social practices, investigations of media representations, and autobiographical texts as well as contributions critical of racism are condensed, providing an important addition to current research on racism in Germany. Kien Nghi Ha 2012: Asian Germans. Vietnamese Diaspora and Beyond. Hamburg: Association A.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8dmqV-t6Bw Unter der Rubrik Seitenspiegel veröffentlicht medico international Gespräche mit Partner_innen aus dem globalen Süden, Beiträge zu herrschenden Debatten und Reflexionen über “Hilfe“ und politische Perspektiven. Im Gespräch mit medico berichtete zuletzt Ousmane Diarra von der Association Malienne des Expulsés (AME) über den Einfluss der EU in Ländern Afrikas, Ausbeutung durch westliche Staaten, Freizügigkeit und die Hoffnung auf politische Veränderungen.
WhatTRIBEProject ist an arts-based campaign to discuss negative Native American stereotypes in the media. It was created by Douglas Miles(Apache Skateboards) and Amanda Williams (Native Student Alliance/University of Denver) but includes many writers, poets, activists, artists and others. WhatTRIBEProject works to eliminate all racist stereotypes from pop culture. “The WHAT TRIBE project aims to provoke creativity not controversy, discussion not discrimination, and awareness not apathy. The reason being negative stereotypical, racist images of Native Americans (and other people of color) are now somewhat considered en vogue and might even go as far as to say fashionable. We would like to…
Lola beams all over her face. Why? Because today is Tuesday and on Tuesdays Lola and her mother go to the library. These lines are from the children’s book “Lola at the Library” by Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw. With lovely colorful illustrations and short accompanying texts, the author and illustrator describe Lola’s experiences in the library. Lola is a Black girl and loves to read books. It is active and capable of action. Their being black is not presented in the book in a problem-oriented way. The protgagonist Lola thus represents a positive identification figure for young readers and…