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Modern slavery is still a huge issue across the world. Here’s how several countries are trying to end it.

Source: How Are Countries Trying to End Modern Slavery? | Time

Jesse Owens is still the most famous name from the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-controlled Berlin. But a new documentary highlights 17 other African-American athletes who also made their mark.

Source: Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi Germany Only To Be Overlooked At Home : The Torch : NPR

African American men, women and children were burned alive, shot, hanged or beaten to death by white mobs. Thousands of homes and businesses were burned to the ground, their owners driven out — many never to return.

Source: Hundreds of black deaths in widespread race riots during ‘Red Summer’ of 1919 are being remembered – Chicago Sun-Times

Again and again, documented historical evidence has shattered widely held views that Europeans were the pioneers of early human civilization. In fact, there is corroborative evidence that half of humanity’s recorded history has passed before anyone in Europe could even learn to read and write.

Source: The First European Scholars Were Taught By Africans In Egypt (Read Full History)

When Ivorian artist O’Plerou Denis Grebet was looking for free stock images of Africa for a project at the time, he only came across negative images of disease and poverty. He decided to do something about it.

Source: O’Plerou Grebet has created more than 300 African emojis – CNN

Not until recently did most commentators on African literary history believe that African societies had any form of writing tradition. Since the rediscovery of ancient manuscript collections, with some dating back to at least the 8th century AD, this perception has gradually lost popularity.

Source: 700,000 Ancient African Books Have Survived In Mali’s Timbuktu University

The Quilombo diet is organic, gluten-free and practically lactose-free. It has its roots in African traditions and uses fresh ingredients.

Source: Quilombo cuisine: Rescuing the ancient cuisine of African slaves – BBC News