Christopher Columbus Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/christopher-columbus/ Arts and African History Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:48:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Black explorers we should celebrate instead of Columbus https://consciousness.co.za/black-explorers-celebrate-instead-columbus/ https://consciousness.co.za/black-explorers-celebrate-instead-columbus/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:48:46 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=12634 Source: http://thegrio.com/ and written by Ronda Racha Penrice There was a time when Christopher Columbus was heavily pushed and accepted as the greatest explorer of this side of the globe. Never mind the little detail of how one could “discover” a place where people already live. But because Europeans long ago staked claim as the dominant voice, [...]

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