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Quilombo dos Palmares: Brazil's Lost Nation of Fugitive Slaves" is a fascinating book about a little known phenomenon in 17th century Brazil. For the full span of the century, a nation of fugitive slaves—some 20,000 people—struggled to survive. They were at almost constant war with the most powerful empires on earth. Nevertheless, they sustained several cities, one a citadel fortress atop a mountain. They had an egalitarian society where women and men were equals. They had a quasi-parliamentary government. Over the course of 100 years, these people from all over Africa (plus some Brazilian Ind
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Peaceful resistance during apartheid is nonsense, even to a child. Tutu recalled a moment when he was speaking in a meeting about peaceful change.
After the meeting, a twelve-year-old boy approached him. 'Bishop Tutu, I heard what you said. Do you believe it?' Tutu said he began to hem and haw and evade the question. The boy, sensing his inability to answer him straight on, issued a challenge: 'Can you people, with your eloquent talk about peaceful change, show us what you have achieved with you
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― We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
― We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
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