African Holocaust (Maafa): The History & Legacy of African Enslavement A fascinating new five week course starting Wednesday 10th July 2013    New and improved course for 2013!   Issue: # Month/Year   "Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter"-  African Proverb "Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death"- Frederick Douglas   "I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." - Harriet Tubman "I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now that I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is." - Harriet Tubman     "The revolution (Haiti) is one of the noblest, grandest, and most justifiable outbursts against cruel oppression that is recorded on the pages of world history." - Reverend James Holley We owe much more to Haiti than to them all. I regard her as the original source of freedom of the nineteenth century... Until Haiti spoke the slave ship, followed by hungry sharks, greedy to devour the dead and dying slaves flung overboard to feed them, ploughed in peace the South Atlantic, painting the sea with the Negro's blood."   - Frederick Douglass           "To Black people . . . slavery and colonialism reiterate themselves in our everyday lives, and evoke poignant and immediate memories of suffering, brutalisation and terror.  For Black people, Western nations achieved their industrial growth and economic prosperity on the backs of Blacks, abolished slavery primarily for economic reasons, have discriminated against Black people ever since, and are unrepentant about any of it."  - Stephen Small  The enslavement of African people and its accompanying violence and destruction was one of the catastrophic events in the history of humankind. In this informative five week course we will study the history and legacy of the enslavement of African people through our Maafa. The word "Maafa" (also known as the African Holocaust) is derived from a Kiswahili word meaning disaster, terrible occurrence or great tragedy. In this course, we will examine the history of Africa before and after enslavement, the impact of enslavement on African people and societies, the African abolition struggles and resistance movements, and the legacy of the enslavement period on Africa and the Diaspora.    This is an introductory course and does not assume any previous study or reading. Handouts of each lesson and a reading list will be provided. The course will be taught through illustrated lectures and discussion. Course Content Week 1: West Africa Before the Enslavement and Domestic Enslavement Week 2: The Enslavement of Africans: Impact on Three Continents Week 3: African Abolition Struggles and Resistance Movements Week 4: Impact on the West African Coast Week 5: Africa after Enslavement and The Legacy of Enslavement with Solutions   The course will run for five weeks, one lecture per weekstarting on Wednesday 10th July 2013 from 7pm to 9pm atPCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station.      The course costs £60 per person. Reading lists and handouts are provided.          Places on this course are limited. Places are available on a strictly first come, first served basis and we anticipate that there will be a lot of demand for this course.     If you would like to attend this course, please contact us for a booking form at info@blackhistorystudies.com   Regards Charmaine Simpson Chief Executive Black History Studies Educating the community to educate themselves http://www.blackhistorystudies.com Black History Studies Ltd PO Box 45189 London N15 3XP Tel/Fax: 0208 881 0660  Mobile: 07951 234233 Email: info@blackhistorystudies.com     Black History Studies Ltd is a company limited by guarantee (Company No. 6626747), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at PO Box 45189, London, N15 3XP.    This e-mail together with any attachments transmitted with it is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are notified that any use of this e-mail is prohibited. Addressees should check this e-mail for viruses. Black History Studies Ltd take no responsibility regarding viruses in this e-mail.

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