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… advertising the 1974 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman as "a gift to the Zairean people from … of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) within Africa ( right ). But wait: Zaire? Formerly the Belgian … most brutally exploited European colonial possessions in Africa. As with many former European colonies, its efforts …

… States seems poised to begin peace talks with the Taliban, and that worries Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Last week … these secret negotiations, President Richard Nixon promised South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu that he would … not accept proposals offered from the North and would keep South Vietnamese officials updated on major developments.   …

… After being out of power for 13 years, 7 months, and 21 days, Nawaz Sharif was reelected prime minister of … Ali Jinnah. Gandhi and the Congress argued that despite South Asia’s complicated mosaic of ethnicities, languages, … while they may live side by side, the Hindus and Muslims of South Asia constituted two separate nations. In a single …

… the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda sailing west — and kept going. Led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the … two halves: Portugal could colonize and develop trade with Africa, Asia, and the East Indies, while Spain controlled … arrived on the coast of what is now Brazil to wait out the Southern Hemisphere winter, many aboard were suffering from …

… “Divide and Rule” was the motto of British colonialism in India . … K. Gandhi. In 1919, Gandhi was fresh from his sojourn in South Africa and hoping to demonstrate India’s readiness for … South Asia …

… by the U.S.-Soviet rivalry shaped the decolonization and radicalization processes in the Global South, including Afghanistan , Vietnam , and Algeria , to … the transnational networks mobilized by Haitians and African Americans to oppose U.S. occupation of the island …

… importance of strong, centralized public health responses and the debate over economic restrictions and disease … disease united the globe more than cholera . Originating in South Asia, the disease spread through the linkages of trade … the disease remains endemic in South Asia, areas of Africa, and, most recently, Haiti . When cholera raged in …

… known in the West, the Emperor Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707) stands out as one of South Asia’s most controversial historical figures. … monuments and temples, and committing genocide.  To some South Asian Muslims, he was an exemplary orthodox ruler, … South Asia …

… Bartolomé de las Casas, sickened by the exploitation and physical degradation of the indigenous peoples in the … Lutherans, Muslim Turks, Orthodox Slavs, non-Catholic Africans, and native peoples of the New World. In addition, … matured. For instance, he originally advocated the use of African slaves instead of indigenous Americans because …

… Egypt ten days ago to create common ground between America and Islam. In the process he whitewashed America’s early, … understanding on the part of Americans and Islamic North Africans. Although it may have diplomatic uses, this tale … humanism. Rather, it was a strategy to dissuade North Africans from attacking American ships. Under the …

… a pivotal role in global conversations about population and reproduction. In this talk about her new book, Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India , Sreenivas demonstrates how … development experts, nationalists, eugenicists, feminists, and family planners all aimed to reform reproduction to …

… Andrés Manuel López Obrador (a.k.a.AMLO) rode to the … AMLO, refering to him variously as Mexico's Jeremy Corbyn and Mexico's Donald Trump. AMLO's keen sense of his … in 1810, the liberal reforms of the 1850s, and the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s). This month, …

… nuclear weapons technology. As a result, the United States and China are trying to force North Korea to abandon plans … would force the United States to leave Japan to expand into Southeast Asia, the North Korean leadership might delude … Asian security and millions of lives. Our allies Japan and South Korea, as well as China and Russia, are directly …

… of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather front, and pollution caused skies to darken in the middle of the … and climate concerns. A NASA map showing active fires in South America from August 15-22, 2019. The fires are shown … and lack of capital made the importation of enslaved Africans prohibitively expensive. Early Portuguese …

… What is the motivation for African American Uprisings? … African American History …

… Why did the Cuban government sympathize with African Americans in the mid-late 1900s? … African American History … Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism …

… How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression? … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … African American History …

… by Mark Dery in 1993, but encompasses a long history of African American and African diaspora intellectual and creative work. According … Africa …

… How did African Americans protest the laws that prevented their formal education at mainstream white institutions and intended toto keep prove their inferiority in the time … African American History … Black Americans and Education …

… Brown v. Board of Education impact school segregation among African Americans and across American society? … African American History …