Du’as of the Enslaved: The Malê Slave Rebellion in Bahía, Brazil
Reproduced from Yaqeen Institute, original post here, with permission. In Ramadan of 1835, a group of enslaved African Muslim clerics in Salvador of Bahía, Brazil…
African slavery
“Welcome Back Home”: Lessons From My Recent Rihlah to Senegal
This article was originally posted on Imanwire here I returned recently from a journey embarked upon with a group of beautiful souls to the West…
Caribbean History Before Columbus Needs To Be Taught
Caribbean History “For most of the literate world today, the first contact that the Caribbean had with the outside world was on October 12, 1492…
The Gracious Cuban People
I had always wanted to visit Cuba, since childhood! Not that I haven’t visited many countries or have simply procrastinated my bucket list, but this…
Freedom Come. African Muslim Slaves and The Abolition of Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire (with…
Celebrating the Centenary of Indian Emancipation
The UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles issues the following statement in recognition of the centenary of the abolition of the Indenture Act. “This year…
Haiti Muslim Heritage
Muslims Were Banned From the Americas as Early as the 16th Century
Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim On…
BRITAIN DOES OWE REPARATIONS – CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE
