Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning

In this section we will list and detail recommended resources (videos, DVD’s, websites, publications, books, plays etc) that address the subjects of chattel and colonial enslavement and their legacies.

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Books/Publications

Black Holocaust for Beginners
By Vanessa Holley, SE Anderson, Cro-Mat Collective, Vane Holley (Writers and Readers)

Black History for Beginners
By Denise Dennis, Susan Willmarth (Writers and Readers)

Roots
By Alex Haley
This story is based on the life of a brave young boy named Kunte Kinte, who was born free, and taught the ways of the Mandinka. In the middle of a transition to manhood, Kunte was captured and forced into slavery. This is his story, which includes retracing his roots back to Africa.

DVD’s/CD-ROMS

500 Years Later (DVD)
A film by Owen ‘Alik Shahadah
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, poverty, self-hatred, prison system, broken homes plague people of African decent globally – Why? Filmed in five continents, 500 Years Later is a timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles the global legacy of slavery and the people who continue to fight for the most essential human right – freedom.
http://www.halaqah.com/

African Holocaust: Dark Voyages (CD-ROM)
An epic voyage tracing the history of the African Holocaust (MAAFA): History's darkest human tragedy.
A saga of human horror hidden between myth and obscurity. The forced exodus of entire generations of Africans to the New World. A horrendous trade in human cargo, which would build and reshape the World forever, leaving a legacy that, would haunt our World today. Dark Voyage is a powerful educational tool, a cultural dialogue (dawah), historically revealing.
http://www.halaqah.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=66&osCsid
=92f8721e6a3647752dec35023947222f

Printed Resources

Lineage TIMELINE – an Essential Aid for the World Citizen
By Paul Obinna Wilson-Erne
This superb poster is produced to visually contextualise the relationship between African and European Civilisations. It is displayed on 18 consecutive pages each depicting a period of 500 years, and is available in A3, A4, A5 and A6 sizes.
For further information or to order the poster contact: Motivation and Personal Success Ltd on: 020 8446 9919

Websites

Breaking the Silence- This site aims to help teachers and educators to Break the Silence that continues to surround the story of the enslavement of Africa that began over 500 years ago. It includes thematic, accessible briefings on different aspects of chattel enslavement, lesson plans and resources for classroom teaching, activities for young people and a uniquely in-depth exploration of some of the people and places in Africa, the Caribbean, Americas and Europe that tell the wider story of chattel enslavement and its abolition.
http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/

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PULL 2004 Report