Tag: Negro
On the Rio Negro, in the Amazon, a historic drought puts life “at a standstill”
In the port of Manaus, capital of Amazonas, the ships which usually serve the different cities of the state seem to have disappeared. You have to approach the yellow barrier…
In Lyon, a treasure on Negro spirituals fell from the sky
Scores, vinyls, books devoted to black songs from slavery… The archives of Louis Thomas Achille, who was a traveling companion of Léopold Sédar Senghor and Aimé Césaire, will be kept…
MLB The Show 23 Storylines mode will shine a light on Negro Leagues history
Until 1948, African-American players were not allowed to play in Major League Baseball and therefore came together from 1920 to organize and compete in their own championship separately, the Negro…
Dany Laferrière and the word “negro”
L’academician publishes A little treatise on racism in America, as literaryly remarkable as it is powerful on an ever-burning topic. “It is only with the nuances that one can move…
Racism allegations against Migros subsidiary Aproz: “They called me Makake, Snow White or Negro”
At Aproz Sources Minérales SA, a Migros subsidiary, he went through hell because of racism and was ultimately dismissed, reports a young family man. The company firmly denies the allegations.source…