Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. |
| Authors: |
Bigelow, Bill (AUTHOR), Wolfe-Rocca, Ursula (AUTHOR), Barbian, Elizabeth (AUTHOR), Peterson, Bob (AUTHOR), Menkart, Deborah (AUTHOR), Reed, Matt (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Rethinking Schools. Winter2022/2023, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p57-58. 2p. 1 Color Photograph. |
| Subject Terms: |
World War II, Racial identity of Black people |
| Abstract: |
In this retelling, it is Portugal not Spain that drives the action, and the events of 1492 would not have been possible without those of 1471 - when the Portuguese discovered gold in West Africa and began work on a fort at Elmi-na. By starting the story in Africa, French hopes to combat a "centuries-long process of diminishment, trivialization, and erasure of Africans and people of African descent from the story of the modern world.". [Extracted from the article] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
