History

We have 39 articles tagged History. Showing pages 1 to 10.

The real black history

As we enter Black History Month, a new music video champions black culture's real heritage and highlights the bias against it, reports Jody McIntyre.…

Wed Oct 5 08:48:00 2011
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The perils of writing a history of the world

When I first embarked on writing a brief history of the world, my colleagues at the New Internationalist thought I was mad, says Chris Brazier…

Tue Jul 19 11:38:00 2011
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Happy anniversary!

As Sierra Leone celebrates 50 years of independence, Sulakshana Gupta revisits the photographic past.…

Wed Apr 27 05:10:00 2011
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Liberia: the first African Republic

Sokari Ekine looks at the founding of Liberia and the context it might provide to the country's two civil wars.…

Tue Apr 26 05:13:00 2011
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Crisis, crash, crunch - the lowlights

A sorry saga since corporate globalization got going in 1971.…

Mon Mar 1 20:49:00 2010
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A brief history of population

Includes a murky past.…

Fri Jan 1 22:58:00 2010
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The Arctic: a history

A mythical place – land of the frozen ocean, the aurora borealis and the midnight sun.…

Thu Jul 2 02:40:00 2009
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Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity

Sander L Gilman delves into culture to demonstrate that our belief that fat can be identified with a number of character flaws…

Wed Apr 1 03:44:00 2009
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Facing history in Cambodia

Why Cambodians need the Khmer Rouge on trial, by *Tom Fawthrop*.…

Sun Mar 1 19:57:00 2009
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A brief history of Afghanistan

The fighting, the pain and the hunger for change…

Sun Nov 2 01:40:00 2008
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