Elizabeth E Charles 🇩🇲

I am surprised at the response to my article "Decolonising the curriculum" in #UKSGInsights and pleased that others have found it of use/interest. 🙂

Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor, artist who combines tiny pieces of ankara fabric to create portraits of Nigerian women #WomensArt

Angie Lewin, British printmaker working in linocut, wood engraving, lithography and screen printing #WomensArt #August

Said the sun to the moon Said the head to the heart 'We have more in common Than sets us apart'

"A collage full of nature 🌱🌷" from Gemma Matthews, contemporary embroidery artist who creates free hand pieces #WomensArt

On this day in 1924, Novelist, playwright, poet and social critic, the late James Baldwin was born. “To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” —James Baldwin

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light." — James Baldwin.

Back when this was as close as your bathroom came to a shower. Artist: Harry Wingfield

Ladybird things I really, really wanted, part 8. To get the whole ‘invisible ink’ thing to actually work. Martin Aitchison (1967)

Recent articles: information literacy and cocial justice issues: The latest issue of the open-access Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (no. 105, 2024) is a Special Issue on Social Justice which has several articles about, or… dlvr.it/T4skLD #infolit

#OnThisDay in 1988, Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Beloved.” The novel, which was set in the years following the Civil War, was inspired by the life of Margaret Garner, an African American woman who escaped enslavement in Kentucky in 1856. #WomensHistoryMonth

Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta was orphaned in 1848 when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war. In 1850, she was taken to England & presented to Queen Victoria as a “gift”. She became the queen’s goddaughter & a celebrity known for her intelligence. ——Born in West Africa of Yoruba descent, Sarah Forbes Bonetta was captured in 1848, at the age of five, during the Okeadon War. King Gezo of Dahomy captured the city of Okeadon, sacrificing many inhabitants and leading the rest away into slavery. While her family were killed in the war, as the daughter of an African chief, —Sarah was kept in captivity as a state prisoner, either to be presented to an important visitor, or to be sacrificed at the death of a minister or official to become his attendant in the next world. —In June 1850 Captain Forbes, on board the Bonetta, arrived in Dahomey on a mission to negotiate the suppression of the slave trade. While there, he asked the King for the little girl as a present, whether for himself or on behalf of the Queen is not clear. The request was granted and the child was brought to England, being given the names of Forbes Bonetta, after the Captain and the ship. —She lived at first with Captain Forbes's family, then, on 9 November, she was taken to Windsor Castle and received by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Queen paid for Sarah to be educated and saw her several times in the space of a few years. —Sarah, a highly intelligent girl, developed a particular talent for music. She married in 1862 and later had a daughter, Victoria, to whom the Queen acted as godmother. 🖊️As the only admin behind this page, I try to research to educate. If you appreciate this effort, you can support to help the page thrive on ko-fi.com/africanarchives. Your support is deeply appreciated! (Or just the ko-fi page for articles/posts roundup)

And #ICYMI, @copyrightcentre on #GenerativeAI 👇🏻

None of us get out of life alive. Time is so precious. Too often, a PhD is a life barrier, rather than a punctuation point. Let's finish this thesis, and start the next stage of our lives. Let's finish it. #phdchat - youtube.com/watch?v=gTvZwj…

Join Dr Raisa Kumaga, a counselling psychologist, speaker & mental health & anti-racism advocate, for the launch of #DecolPsych. Book early bird tickets today! bit.ly/47V69Vi #mentalhealth #decolonisingmentalhealth #decolonizingmentalhealth #raceandmentalhealth

'You Blew Me Away' by sculptor Penny Hardy, sculpture made from #upcycled scrap metal #WomensArt

I am sooooo ready for this

Digital shock coming up in @A_L_T student panel today echoing the work @tabethanewman @mikegulliver on digital shock our international students are experiencing #altc23

@BerlinDonna Congratulations 💚

My secret is out. I’m really looking forward to this. 💚