BLACK & AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH EUROPE 2008 (I)

A group of bloggers, which I am honoured and humbled to integrate, has been organising a carnivale to mark Black & African History Month in Europe this year. The group is coordinated by the ever so diligent Bill, from Jewels in the Jungle, who has kick-started the parade on February 14, Valentine’s Day, with this brilliant article:


African History in Europe: "What Color is Your Valentine?" re-visited

For the past 3 weeks a small group of blog authors and friends living in various parts of Europe (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and the UK) have been quietly organizing an online workgroup for collaboration on themes in black and African History in Europe. At present our group consists of seven people and we are working together on the composition and publishing of essays, commentaries on books and book reviews and academic studies, and sharing our research sources with readers in an attempt to help raise interest and global awareness about this important but long neglected field of study.

This is an effort by a multi-national group of people who are truly interested in history and literature. Two members of the group are very qualified in the field of history and education.This initiative is the follow-up to a project for black and African history in Europe launched in February/March 2007 at Jewels in the Jungle and the Atlantic Review. We should be ready for publication of new work next week and plan to continue publishing articles on the subject throughout March 2008.

Below are the opening paragraphs from Aphra Behn’s original article. I wanted to once again draw my readers’ attention to her fine work, especially on the date when people around the world are celebrating Valentines Day, and in recognition of the month of February when people in the USA and Canada celebrate the rich heritage and legacy of their citizens of color, Black History Month. I will add additional links to external online resources at a later date in order to help clarify some of the historical names and places.

[Keep reading here]

Picture: Meeting of Saint Erasmus of Formiae and Saint Mauriceby Matthias Grünewald (1517-23)

A group of bloggers, which I am honoured and humbled to integrate, has been organising a carnivale to mark Black & African History Month in Europe this year. The group is coordinated by the ever so diligent Bill, from Jewels in the Jungle, who has kick-started the parade on February 14, Valentine’s Day, with this brilliant article:


African History in Europe: "What Color is Your Valentine?" re-visited

For the past 3 weeks a small group of blog authors and friends living in various parts of Europe (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and the UK) have been quietly organizing an online workgroup for collaboration on themes in black and African History in Europe. At present our group consists of seven people and we are working together on the composition and publishing of essays, commentaries on books and book reviews and academic studies, and sharing our research sources with readers in an attempt to help raise interest and global awareness about this important but long neglected field of study.

This is an effort by a multi-national group of people who are truly interested in history and literature. Two members of the group are very qualified in the field of history and education.This initiative is the follow-up to a project for black and African history in Europe launched in February/March 2007 at Jewels in the Jungle and the Atlantic Review. We should be ready for publication of new work next week and plan to continue publishing articles on the subject throughout March 2008.

Below are the opening paragraphs from Aphra Behn’s original article. I wanted to once again draw my readers’ attention to her fine work, especially on the date when people around the world are celebrating Valentines Day, and in recognition of the month of February when people in the USA and Canada celebrate the rich heritage and legacy of their citizens of color, Black History Month. I will add additional links to external online resources at a later date in order to help clarify some of the historical names and places.

[Keep reading here]

Picture: Meeting of Saint Erasmus of Formiae and Saint Mauriceby Matthias Grünewald (1517-23)