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Imagine Lagos: Mapping a Pre-Colonial West African City

Posted on 28. March 2017 by Global Urban History

By Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, University of California, Riverside Africa’s cities are now among the fastest growing in the world. But how well are their pre-colonial origins understood? Recent research on Lagos’s past reveals a thriving, indigenous yet cosmopolitan urban community, one … Continue reading →

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Pardo is the New Black: The Urban Origins of Argentina’s Myth of Black Disappearance

Posted on 19. December 2016 by Global Urban History

By Erika Edwards, University of North Carolina, Charlotte It was a typical day, nothing out of the ordinary. I, a young, small-town girl had landed in a foreign country to begin my study abroad. I knew nothing about Argentina and … Continue reading →

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