From the remnants of my great-grandparents’ Cuban home near the sugar plantation that is part of Unesco’s Slave Route programme – where they were once enslaved - to personal artefacts, each piece reco ...
Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.
On July 8, 1860, 110 kidnapped West Africans were offloaded from the ‘Clotilda’ in Alabama’s Mobile River. ‘Clotilda’ sailed in 52 years after the international trade in human beings was outlawed in ...
When the slave ship Zorg set sail for the Caribbean from the African island of São Tomé on Sept. 6, 1781, it embarked on a horrific journey that would ultimately awaken a movement to end England’s ...
Lupita Nyong’o reflects on post-Oscar challenges since 2013, revealing how early acclaim shaped her choices and resistance to stereotypes. Trump Revokes TPS, Citing Fraud Concerns 'Satanist' actor ...
Nyong'o looked back on the time following her Oscar-winning feature film debut and how she navigated avoiding "perpetuating stereotypes" with her roles Arnold Turner/Getty Lupita Nyong’o recalled her ...
The actress spoke of her stifling role options after winning the coveted award. Lupita Nyong’o is getting real about her acting career since winning an Oscar in 2013 for 12 Years A Slave. The ...
*Lupita Nyong’o is sharing her experience navigating Hollywood after becoming an Academy Award winner, and her account reinforces longstanding concerns about how the industry treats Black actresses.
Lupita Nyong’o revealed in an interview with CNN that winning an Oscar for her supporting performance in “12 Years a Slave” only led to acting offers for more slave roles in the months that followed ...
Lupita Nyong’o enjoyed near immediate success after her first movie, but what followed was at times challenging. In an interview with CNN’s Inside Africa published on Saturday, November 22, Nyong’o, ...
Cleaner-fuel burning ships accounted for 37% of cargo vessel orders in the first 10 months of 2025, unchanged from the year-ago period, as buyers were uncertain about when global rules for cutting ...
Rob Lawlor received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This funded a project and a number of events that allowed me to collaborate with researchers from other disciplines, ...