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The last emperor of Ethiopia: Haile Selassie’s legacy remains divisive
Considered by some to be the greatest moderniser of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie is also the man who let his people starve to death during several major famines. The story of Selassie, who was overthrown in a 1974 coup, was consigned to the dustbin of history for ...
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James Baldwin & Nikki Giovanni, a conversation [FULL]
Original video from SOUL! and then shoutfactorytv. All rights and love to Soul! and shoutfactorytv for broadcasting this. Taped in London, November 1971.
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James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)
Historic debate between James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr. at Cambridge University on the question: "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?"
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October 16, 1968 – U.S. Olympic Sprinters Protest Racial Inequality
The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City may be most remembered not for an athletic accomplishment, but for a silent act of protest. On October 16 of that year, two African American sprinters who placed first and third in the 200-meter dash – Tommie Smith and Jo...
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“Black Rome”: The Brazilian State Where African-Americans Are Finding Their Roots
Renee Adolphe was living the "American Dream." She had a successful career, owned a home and two cars. Yet, she gave it all up to live in an impoverished community in the heart of Brazil. It may seem like an extraordinary story, but Renee is just one of many e...
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The Largest Slave Rebellion Was Hidden From U.S. History | AJ+
The largest slave revolt in U.S. history happened outside New Orleans and you’ve probably never learned about it. Here’s why.
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It Is Written – Black Wall Street
In 1921, more than 300 people were massacred, thousands were left homeless, and an entire town was destroyed when people turned on their fellow citizens—in the United States of America. Which raises an important question: What kind of person would do that? The...
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Inside a Lost African Tribe Still Living in India Today | Short Film Showcase
In the dense forests of South Asia, a native African tribe has been living in quiet obscurity for more than 500 years.
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Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up | MPB
Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those who worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights. An African-American sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta, Hamer’s difficulty registering to vote in 1962 led to her career as an ...
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Africa: States of independence – the scramble for Africa
Seventeen African nations gained their independence in 1960, but the dreams of the independence era were short-lived.
Africa states of independence tells the story of some of those countries - stories of mass exploitation, of the ecstasy of independence an...
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Malcolm X – Interview At Berkeley (1963)
Malcolm X, being interviewed by Professor John Leggett and Herman Blake (graduate student) (Dept. of Sociology) at the University of California, Berkeley in October 1963, discusses being a Black Muslim, the conditions of Blacks in this country, their relation ...
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Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad
Dawn of Day is a historical documentary about the Underground Railroad in Kansas that brings to light Wabaunsee County’s unsung heroes who traversed one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history. Faith, family, and politics united a community of neig...
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Hail Mussolini, Haile Selassie’s Usurper – The War in Somaliland – WW2 – 050 – August 10 1940
This week, the war spreads to Africa, when the Italians invade the British Colony of British Somaliland. While this might seem trivial, it might have tremendous consequences on the remainder of the war.
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Haile Selassie – The New Messiah – WW2 Biography Special
Haile Selassie was the Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire. He led the country against the Italians in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War after which he is exiled to Britain.
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Revolutionary Leader Samora Machel Speech on How to Deal With African Traitors & Spies
Welcome to the African Leadership Series where we feature great, inspirational Speeches and quotes from African Leaders.
African revolutionary Leader Samora Machel Shows the World How to Deal With African Traitors & spies
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Faces Of Africa – Mwalimu Julius Nyerere
Brave, strong and with a zeal to help liberate other African countries that were still under the rule of the colonialists, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere the founding father of Tanzania stood as a great leader who chose the path less travelled by many. He challenged t...
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Faces Of Africa- Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, Gold Coast (now Ghana), and shepherded the country in its struggle for independence from Great Britain. He went on to be named life president of both the nation and his party, until the army and police ...
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Kingdom of Kush – History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 4]
In this episode Zeinab Badawi travels to the country of her birth and the very region of her forefathers and mothers: northern Sudan where she sheds light on this little-known aspect of ancient African history, the great Kingdom of Kush.
Its kings ruled f...
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I’m part of Windrush and am returning to Jamaica after 50 years
After Windrush: Paulette Wilson's visit to Jamaica, 50 years on. A letter from the British government classifying Paulette Wilson as an illegal immigrant shook her sense of identity and belonging. ‘Hostile environment’ policies years in the making meant that W...
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THE CORAL GARDENS MASSACRE, JAMAICA ( Bad Friday)
Elite Jamaica takes a look at the Coral Gardens Massacre, otherwise known as Bad Friday, Coral Gardens atrocities, Coral Gardens incident which took place in 1963 in Coral Gardens Montego Bay.
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Sudan: The Mystery Of The African Pharaohs (River Nile Documentary) | Timeline
David Adams’ journey takes us into a Sudan we rarely see. On the flat waters of the Nile, he hears the creaking of the rigging catching the wind as river-travelers have for thousands of years. While the battlements of ancient fortresses standing on shore are o...
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Looking For The Lost Tribes (Biblical Documentary) | Timeline
The mystery of the lost tribes of Israel reverberates through three millennia of human experience. Of the twelve tribes mentioned in the Bible, only those of Judah and Benjamin survived the Assyrian capture of Israel. This is the story of the search for those ...
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Saving The Forgotten Jews – BBC News
30 years ago 2 remarkable mass movements transported this community to the modern State of Israel and now the festival has once again become recognised, much like the Ethiopian Jews themselves, as an authentic part of the wider Jewish tradition. This year as S...
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FROM BABYLON TO AMERICA, THE PROPHECY MOVIE by School for Prophets – Attila Kakarott
Attila Kakarott is the owner of this video and it was originally posted by his ministry, School for Prophets. He is not a member of New Haven SDA Temple, but he has graciously given the church permission to repost his video here.
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Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism
Human Zoos tells the shocking story of how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in the early decades of the twentieth century.
"A racially charged story that will mesmerize you...." —Oregon Documentary Film Festiva...
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How Valid Is The Transatlantic Slave Trade Story? (Livestream Highlights)
This video highlights parts of yesterday's livestream, discussing the conceptions of imagination, along with the basis of conceptual art used, when referring to what is known about the transatlantic slave trade.
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Protect Mauna Kea – Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Mauna Kea stands out as the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak and holds a sacred place in Hawaii’s cultural history. Right now, Mauna Kea is under threat from a state plan to construct a $1.4 billion telescope at its peak. After successfully stop...
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The New York Times Presents The #1619Project
Four hundred years ago, on August 20, 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. Tonight, we remember this anniversary with an evening of conversation and performance featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, Wesley Morris, Jamelle Bouie, T...
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President Robert Mugabe Dead Aged 95 This is How he Wanted to be Remembered
Robert Mugabe, The first and founding father of Zimbabwe who has died at 95. The former president passed on Hospital in the hospital while receiving treatment according to Zimbabwe Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a result of his passing, you will start hearing...
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African American King Embraces African Languages & Culture
We are Changing the narratives Of Mother Africa through Youtube Videos..One Country At Time...We are Currently In Gambia
It's Time For Africans To Tell Their Own St
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Popeyes Chicken, slavery and reparations – Dr Claud Anderson
Popeyes Chicken, slavery and reparations - Dr Claud Anderson
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REMOTE RASTAFARIAN VILLAGE | Blue Mountains, Jamaica
Rastafarians, Ganja and Blue Mountain Coffee. The Blue Mountains are the ROOTS of Jamaica. Reggae music, Irie vibes, wild mountains and remote Rastafarian villages.
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The African Union – 10th Feb – Unveiling Ceremony of the Statue of Emperor Haile Selassie
A statue of Ethiopia's Emperor Haileselassie I has been unveiled at the headquarters of the African Union on February 10, 2019.
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Dr. Ọbádélé Kambon: Racist Ghandi Statue Removed from University of Ghana Afrikan=Black Dignity has Risen
Dr. Ọbádélé Kambon: Racist Ghandi Statue Removed from University of Ghana Afrikan=Black Dignity has Risen
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1970, Nov. 9, Vatican city: Emperor Haile Selassie received by Pope Paul VI
Vatican city: Emperor Haile Selassie received by Pope Paul VI, 9th November 1970
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Final Moments of Emperor Haile Selassie September 1974
Moments before Emperor Haile silassie forced to step down & scenes of reactions immediately after.
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1930, Nov. 2, H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I Coronation (silent reel)
The lavish governmental, religious and military ceremonies for Emperor Haile Selassie’s coronation in 1930. While other US and European film crews were present, Burton Holmes was the only cameraman allowed inside the Royal Enclosure. Includes footage of the co...
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Ethiopian Revolution | Emperor Haile Selassie | Famine | This Week | 1975
Almost a year after a revolution that saw the overthrow of the Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie 'This weeks' Jonathan Dimbleby visits the country to witness first hand the growing famine in the south and the political situation facing the country including wa...
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Harar: Adam´s Apple – Now in High Quality (Full Documentary)
Ethiopia is a Christian island surrounded by Muslim countries and Harar is other island within that island: a difficult city for sorting, the fourth holiest city of Islam with almost a hundred mosques within its walls, and the place where the poet Arthur Rimba...
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His Imperial Majesty Emperor of Ethiopia: Haile Selassie I Ethiopia 1956
The Lion of Judah, King of Kings, His Imperial Majesty Emperor of Ethiopia: Haile Selassie I
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How did Italy Lose to Ethiopia? | Animated History
Sources: Betts, R. (1975). The False Dawn: European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century. University of Minnesota. Erlich, H. (1996). Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa. Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press. Lowe, C. J. (2002). Italian Foreign Policy 1870-1940. Ro...
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Ethiopian Thanksgiving Irreecha
Ethiopia's largest ethnic group is to hold its major festival. Irreecha is a major event for about 40 million Oromo people.It's held in Bishoftu city, southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa.The event this year could be particularly interesting, given recent ref...
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African American invention and how they advance America
Some of the Inventions African Americans created in America and their contribution to the advancement of America
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Is this the most extreme baptism? Ethiopia’s monastery in the clouds.
This is the most extreme baptism you’ll ever see. In Ethiopia, belief in a higher power leads villagers in the Tigray region to climb a huge, vertiginous mountainside to reach their church. They believe it's vital and beneficial for their children to be baptis...
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The men of the Fifth World (full documentary)
The aboriginal culture of Australia, includes a large number of tribes inhabiting the oceanic continent before the arrival of the white man. But all that rich culture is doomed to survive in stocks in which its people are destined to extinction.
In this epi...
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Ethiopia’s Chapel in the Sky
If churches were assessed by their risk factor, Abuna Yemata Guh would be our new Sistine Chapel. Perched 650 feet above a steep cliff in Northern Ethiopia, visitors face a 45-minute climb up the cliff’s vertical face in order to access the precariously positi...
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The Priest Kings Xi (misnamed Olmec) Civilization | Gary Ajamu Young
"The first South Americans ... exhibited an undisputed morphological affinity firstly with Africans and secondly with South Pacific populations." https://www.facebook.com/notes/aborig... "...the earliest South Americans tend to be more similar to present Austr...
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400 Year Affliction Ending 2019/20! (100% Bible Proof)
True Israel, 400 Years of Affliction, more proof Esther parable refers to Obama and MORE!!! MORE INFORMATION BELOW (Click SHOW MORE): Transcripts of some of these presentations can be found at: http://indigoflower.net/
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The Process of Indigenous Nationality- Operating in Commerce Via Indigenous Businesses & Trusts
a Full Discussion on Nationality for Indigenous Peoples and operation in commerce
Black and Nobel Doors Open 12:00 PM
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Gullah Geechee Storyteller Preserves a Painful Past | National Geographic
The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West African slaves brought to the coasts of the Carolinas, Georgia, and northern Florida, whose geographic isolation helped them retain a distinct culture and language. In chronicling the injustice her ancestors fa...
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Vanishing History: Gullah Geechee Nation
On the Sea Islands along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, a painful chapter of American history is playing out again. These islands are home to the Gullah or Geechee people, the descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to work at the plantati...
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JAMAICA’S TRUE HISTORY | TOLD BY A LIVING TAINO
Interview with Jerome Sage Butler (Grandmaster Sage), reasoning on the topic, "JAMAICA".
Deuteronomy 28:3 “Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.”
Location Kingston, Jamaica, @ The Tree Of Life
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Habesha Ashenda Festival Celebrates Culture & Spirituality
Ashenda or Shadey (Amharic: አሸንድዮ, Tigrinya: ኣሸንዳ, Agaw language: ሻደይ) is a festival celebrated in August (G.C.) in the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia, and in neighbouring Eritrea. Ashenda marks the end of a two-week-long fast known as Filseta (Ge'ez: ...
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Insearch of the lost civilization Lemba tribe of Israel
The Lemba, wa-Remba, or Mwenye are a southern African ethnicity found in Zimbabwe and South Africa, with smaller, little-known branches in Mozambique and Malawi. According to Tudor Parfitt, Professor of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London,...
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BBC Focus on Africa (100418) – Should looted Ethiopian treasures be returned
Yesterday I was invited to share my opinion on the news about the V&A museum considering to ‘loan’ some its looted artefacts back to the rightful owners - the people of Ethiopia.
(I have a little experience on this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0Y...
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Ethiopia demands UK museum return ‘looted treasures’
‘It’s completely condescending to say nations are unstable and therefore cannot provide protection for the looted artifacts,’ says Awol Allo, Ethiopian Political Commentator, as Ethiopia demands UK museum return ‘looted treasures’.
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