Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Throughout this semester there has been a lot of information given and absorbed about pre-colonial Africa and African origins before 1800. We have explored different ways of learning about pre-colonial Africa by reading books, analyzing different types of primary sources, watching different types of films, and taking notes in class. The different primary sources that… Read more

The film “Slavery by Another Name” had different interesting elements to it. The film talks about how even after the Emancipation Proclamation and all slaves were freed from slavery, they were not actually free. One way that slavery continued for black citizens was the use of jails and being arrested. There became stricter laws and… Read more