Educational Resources for Black History Season
The British Museum, London: Moctezuma Exhibition
Running from 24 September 2009 - 24 January 2010, the exhibition explores Aztec civilisation through the divine, military and political role of the last elected ruler Moctezuma II (reigned AD 1502-1520)
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/moctezuma.aspx
The International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
The International Slavery Museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people. These are stories which have been largely untold.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/
The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol: Breaking the Chains Exhibition
Breaking the Chains is a £1 million Heritage Lottery Funded exhibition created to mark the 200-year anniversary of the 1807 Act that abolished the British Transatlantic Slave Trade.This ground-breaking exhibition presents authentic artefacts, film, music, images, video and personal testimonies to provide visitors with an incredible multi-sensory experience. The entire top floor of the Museum is dedicated to telling the story of the Transatlantic trade in enslaved people, and the means by which this brutal transportation was brought to an end.
http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/exhibitions/st2007.htm
The African Background to Medical Science by Dr. Charles Finch
Essays on African History, Science and Civilisations.
They Came Before Columbus by Dr Ivan Van Sertima
According to Runoko Rashidi, this work was both a groundbreaking historical work and a literary hallmark. It was the first such work of its type written by an African to comprehensively address the subject of the African presence in pre-Columbian America.
Black Athena by Professor Martin Bernal
Could Greek philosophy be rooted in Egyptian thought? Is it possible that the Pythagorean theory was conceived on the shores of the Nile and the Euphrates rather than in ancient Greece? Could it be that much of Western civilization was formed on the Dark Continent? For almost two centuries, Western scholars have given little credence to the possibility of such scenarios. In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of todays most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yFLm_M_OdK4C&dq=black+athena+martin+bernal&source=gbs_navlinks_s