African Americans, like any other migrant or immigrant group moving from rural, farming communities to cities, have over time lost touch with their rural roots and rural knowledge and skills. In addition, a combination of the economic downturn in 2008, the continued explosion in the … Read MoreUrban Farming…..who knew!
The Sahara has been home to 1100 years of libraries and bibliophiles. From Chinguetti Examining manuscripts from Timbuktu in Mauritania to Timbuktu in Mali. In 2007, Malian historian Ismaël Diadié Haïdara was predicting a resurgence of Timbuktu’s cultural place in today’s world. He reported … Read MoreTimbuktu: Sadness and Outrage
The Blog is a new feature to BlackPast.org. The primary blogger is me, Hazel. The topics in blog posts may cover current affairs, art exhibits, book reviews, science, farming, any topic that brings into focus contributions to our community by African Americans and Africans in … Read MoreWelcome to the first post at BlackPast.org’s new Blog.
