Stories

Discover inspiring people, remarkable places and ground-breaking ideas through cultural heritage stories from Europe and beyond
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Pedro Sunda, Diego Bemba and Dom Miguel de Castro
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Mixed-race: A further consideration of racial identity in European history
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Wifredo Lam: disturbing the dreams of the exploiters
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Leone Jacovacci: the Afro-Italian boxer who faced fascism
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Ira Aldridge, Shakespearean actor
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Black lives in Europe
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Angela Davis: political activist
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Eartha Kitt: singer, actor and activist
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The Nordic Black Theatre in Oslo
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Confronting oppression through politics, literature and music
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Mother tongues: four languages of the African diaspora
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Frederick Douglass in Europe
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Audre Lorde, James Baldwin & Astrid Roemer
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Miriam Makeba - Mama Africa
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Patrick Kelly: American roots, Parisian style
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Athlete Jesse Owens: battling poverty and racial bigotry with sporting success
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The Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre: an African American legacy
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Heroes of their time: 4 firsts in Eurovision Song Contest history
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Josephine Baker
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Count Basie and some Europeana piano gems
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