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Why we need to decolonise the skies

Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.

  • Article

The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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The desire for lighter skin

Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.

  • Interview

How to design an HIV awareness campaign

Using carefully crafted, colourful graphics is one public health team’s creative approach.

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  • David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone's encounter with hostile Africans. Photograph.
  • South Africa: Africans in front of a traditional kraal hut. Albumen print.
  • David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone seated next to Africans, contemplating the horizon. Photoprint.
  • Cave paintings; a group of Indo Africans on horseback. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Zululand, South Africa: Africans preparing a dance. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Africans carrying the body of the deceased David Livingstone in 1873. Wood engraving by Dietrichs.
  • David Livingstone, head and shoulders, in a roundel; two Africans on each side, one above. Lithograph.
  • Eshowe, South Africa: a group of Africans at Adam's Mill. Albumen print by J. Wallace Bradley.
  • A British sailor and an exotic figure from 'Scenes of European explorers in Africa, native Africans, and African landscapes'
  • David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.
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Perspective Tour with Dalian Adofo

Medicine Man gallery
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