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Thank you Juan for sharing about the plight of pastoralists and their fight for reparations. It is interesting how some pastoralists have secured repa...

Thank you for the summary and analysis Aurora. I particularly like the return of cultural artifacts and human remains. These things should not be exhi...

Thank you for that summary and analysis. How do these efforts connect to the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation groups in South Africa after apar...

Great job, ZoAnne. How does this compare to the Truth and Reconciliation effort in South Africa. Why are material goods and wealth necessary for repar...

Well done Jessica! Thank you for sharing your observations of Cairo as a colonial space.

Well done, Juan. Thank you for sharing about colonial spaces and Beirut.

Great job, Mary. It also seems that the map becomes a justification for imperialism and the colonization of Africa.

Well done, ZoAnne. Good job mentioning the way the map depicts Christianity and Islam.

Yes, I think you are right about the view of Africa. Viewing them as smaller and showing certain resources becomes a justification and literal map of ...

Very interesting observation Lou. I think you are right about the reasons for the depiction of Mansa Musa.

Yes, Ian, money equals power! I think that early depictions of Africans were more humanistic than later depictions, so I think whether or not Mansa Mu...

Yes, Julianna, a lot of the racist depictions about Africans on later maps are missing from this map. It is interesting to see the way that the object...

I agree with you about Wainana's piece! Thank you for sharing, William.

These are some really great books! Thank you for sharing! I hope that you all are able to use some of the books that your peers suggested in your clas...

Well done everyone! The Knarrative framework with its focus on themes and asking new and different questions that incorporate and center African peopl...