Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica: By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body were weakened by fever, and he still hadn’t found what he set out to discover – the source of the …
Beatrix Potter’s famous tales are rooted in stories told by enslaved Africans – but she was very quiet about their origins: An illustration by Beatrix Potter from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA Peter Rabbit, the cute and wily bunny who wears a bright blue jacket, is …
South Africa in the news: Global Bulletin: Fremantle Sells Samuel L. Jackson’s ‘Enslaved’ in Key Markets: In today’s Global Bulletin, Fremantle passes 130 territories sold for Samuel L. Jackson’s “Enslaved,” Lineup Industries is set to license NHK’s formats slate, Red Sea International awards more than $ 1 …: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa’s post …