The African Diaspora thru Picture

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Olaudah Equiano (1745 –1797)

Equiano’s autobiography powerfully described his experiences of being a slave between 1756 and 1766. His narrative reached a wide audience in Britain and America; his book was reprinted nine times during his lifetime, and was also translated into Dutch and Russian.

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Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) Pan Africanist Leader.

"I asked, "Where is the black man's Government?" "Where is his King and his kingdom?" "Where is his President, his country, and his ambassador, his army, his navy, his men of big affairs?" I could not find them, and then I declared, "I will help to make them."

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Africans from the Caribbean arriving in Britain (1948).

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Omowale Malcolm X (1925-1965) Pan Africanist

"In hating Africa and in hating the Africans, we ended up hating ourselves, without even realizing it. Because you can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can’t hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can’t hate Africa and not hate yourself. "

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Carl Lewis, fastest man in the world (1987,1988,1991)

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Asafa Powell, fastest man in the world (2005,2006,2007)

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Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered son, Stephen.

Mrs Lawrence told Mr Mandela: "I hold you very dear to me. Back in 1993 just after my son was killed you were the only one with any stature who recognised the plight of my family and for that I'm extremely grateful.

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Martin Robinson Delany (1812-1885)

African American intellectual , a journalist, physician, army officer (Delany was commissioned as a major, becoming the first black line field officer in the U.S. Army), politician, and judge, is best known for his promotion before the Civil War of a national home in Africa for African Americans.

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Southern cotton plantation. Circa 1870

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Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five, recording artists.

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Cross-section of the ship, 'Brookes'. Filled with kidnapped African ancestors.

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Pan African Congress Manchester 1945

1945 Pan-African Congress which was held at the Chorlton Town Hall, Manchester. This building is now owned by Manchester Metropolitan University however, in choosing Manchester, the organisers of the conference said

You could say that we coloured people had a right there
because of age old connections between cotton,
slavery and the building of cities in England...Manchester
gave us an important opportunity to express and
expose the contradiction, the fallacies and the pretentions
that were at the centre of the empire.
(Fryer 1984:347-348)

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An African lady, in Brazil.

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Nation of Islam. London 1999

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Marketplace, Haiti