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I love writing books, more than anything else, but the book format is limiting. It forces us to put an end on stories that are endless
Ana Lucia Araujo
Historian and art historian; professor of history at Howard University, writing on the public memory, visual culture and heritage of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade; author of Slavery in the Age of Memory.
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The book format is limiting because it forces an end on stories that are endless.
I love writing books, more than anything else, but the book format is limiting. It forces us to put an end on stories that are endless
araujohistorian.substack.comSaid 10 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Collective reparations for Atlantic slavery and the slave trade, broadly speaking, have never happened.
In other words, broadly speaking, reparations for the victims of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery and their descendants never happened
araujohistorian.substack.comSaid 25 May 2026This on korrents
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From one piece Pope Leon XIV's Unprecedented Apology for Atlantic Slavery 3 beliefs · araujohistorian.substack.com
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an apology is a symbolic gesture of recognition of wrongdoing that can be followed or not by symbolic reparations and financial and material reparations.
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The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery.Their words
The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery.
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korrents.com
Collective reparations for Atlantic slavery and the slave trade, broadly speaking, have never happened.Their words
In other words, broadly speaking, reparations for the victims of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery and their descendants never happened
21 February 2025
From one piece How should pre-colonial Africa be curated in the museum context? 4 beliefs · araujohistorian.substack.com
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Yet, no European museum of European cultures would dare to mix together disparate objects from different cultures, regions, and periods in the same display.
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But both the exhibition and the book that try to tell everything are doomed to fail.
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By doing so, the museum failed to explain the processes of enslavement in West Central Africa, the most important slave-exporting region, dominated by Luso-Brazilian slave merchants.
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In a British museum, any attempt to tell the history of pre-colonial Africa will always be incomplete.Their words
in the context of a British museum, any attempt to tell this history will always be incomplete.
31 January 2025
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Slave Rebellion in BrazilTheir words
The other book is Slave Rebellion in Brazil by João José Reis.
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The Trade in the LivingTheir words
That is a book that was published originally in Brazil in Portuguese in 2000 and published recently in English translation, as The Trade in the Living.
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The book format is limiting because it forces an end on stories that are endless.
I love writing books, more than anything else, but the book format is limiting. It forces us to put an end on stories that are endless
On infinite writing Said 10 Oct 2026
Collective reparations for Atlantic slavery and the slave trade, broadly speaking, have never happened.
In other words, broadly speaking, reparations for the victims of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery and their descendants never happened
Pope Leon XIV's Unprecedented Apology for Atlantic Slavery Said 25 May 2026
The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery.
The Catholic Church made its wealth from slavery.
Pope Leon XIV's Unprecedented Apology for Atlantic Slavery Said 25 May 2026
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An apology for slavery is a symbolic recognition of wrongdoing that may or may not be followed by material reparations.
an apology is a symbolic gesture of recognition of wrongdoing that can be followed or not by symbolic reparations and financial and material reparations.
Pope Leon XIV's Unprecedented Apology for Atlantic Slavery Said 25 May 2026
In a British museum, any attempt to tell the history of pre-colonial Africa will always be incomplete.
in the context of a British museum, any attempt to tell this history will always be incomplete.
How should pre-colonial Africa be curated in the museum context? Said 21 Feb 2025
Liverpool’s old International Slavery Museum showed Africa in a British-centred way that neglected West Central Africa, the largest slave-exporting region.
By doing so, the museum failed to explain the processes of enslavement in West Central Africa, the most important slave-exporting region, dominated by Luso-Brazilian slave merchants.
How should pre-colonial Africa be curated in the museum context? Said 21 Feb 2025
Exhibitions and books that try to tell everything are doomed to fail.
But both the exhibition and the book that try to tell everything are doomed to fail.
How should pre-colonial Africa be curated in the museum context? Said 21 Feb 2025
European museums would not mix objects from different cultures and periods in one display, yet they do so with African objects.
Yet, no European museum of European cultures would dare to mix together disparate objects from different cultures, regions, and periods in the same display.
How should pre-colonial Africa be curated in the museum context? Said 21 Feb 2025
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Recommends The Trade in the Living
That is a book that was published originally in Brazil in Portuguese in 2000 and published recently in English translation, as The Trade in the Living.
fivebooks.com 31 Jan 2025
Recommends Slave Rebellion in Brazil
The other book is Slave Rebellion in Brazil by João José Reis.
fivebooks.com 31 Jan 2025
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Site Ana Lucia Araujo Writing and news on the history and memory of slavery
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Newsletter Historian's Stories Essays on the history and memory of slavery
Open araujohistorian.substack.com
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Bluesky araujohistorian.bsky.social Posts on slavery, memory and the #slaveryarchive
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