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August 20, 2021 Sam Challis, _University of the Witwatersrand_ and Brent Sinclair-Thomson, _University of the Witwatersrand_ Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided
colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story. February 26, 2021 Thomas Craemer, _University of Connecticut_ History is full of examples of nations
paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered under the system, only those who profited. January 28, 2021 Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, _Rutgers University_
In a rare series of interviews, the late Ghanaian leader spoke of how the country’s slave trade was revisited as a vehicle for economic development. September 16, 2024 Rhoda E.
Howard-Hassmann, _Wilfrid Laurier University_ The turn towards authoritarianism, xenophobia and racism in Western democracies makes it unlikely that former Western slave-trading nations will
agree to reparations in the near future. January 21, 2021 Aldair Rodrigues, _Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)_ A study of the historical records describing African slaves in
Brazil yields some unexpected findings. September 13, 2020 Aretha Phiri, _Rhodes University_ and Michelle M Wright, _Emory University_ Black Lives Matter brings the slavery story into the
present in America – but it leaves Africa stuck in the past. June 23, 2020 Alana Dillette, _San Diego State University_ It is a good time to ask how the travel and tourism industry has
contributed to racism and how that can change.