Category Archives: African Diaspora

African Presence in New Hampshire

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Nick Huster

This post continues our Wednesday series that highlights historic Middle Passage/UNESCO Site of Memory markers that have been installed and those locations where a remembrance ceremony was held since MPCPMP incorporated 9 years ago. MPCPMP is/was involved in the planning … Continue reading →

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Symbolic Images

Posted on May 15, 2015 by admin

Among people who are part of the Western Hemisphere’s African Diaspora there are certain images that trigger a gut response – the Door of No  Return is one. Viewing a framed image of the ocean, many of us require no … Continue reading →

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Perpetuating Lies

Posted on February 26, 2015 by admin

In some fashion we all are guilty of perpetuating lies and rationalizing omissions. Sometimes following the politically correct advice of, “if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all,” and in polite company avoiding race, religion, and people’s … Continue reading →

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Why the Middle Passage?

Posted on January 23, 2015 by admin

Many people have questioned the Middle Passage as the focal point of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP). Why choose this as a defining point of history related to Africans and their descendants? We are often asked … Continue reading →

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Second Burial

Posted on October 9, 2014 by admin

Among several West African ethnic people, death does not immediately entitle a person the status of ancestor. Traditionally there is a space of time between physical burial, which is quick, and the ceremonial burial that requires an established ritual, after … Continue reading →

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Widening the Field

Posted on November 23, 2013 by admin

Recently, the Project was contacted by Jonathan Highfield, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD) Department of Literary Arts and Studies, to explore the possibility of collaboration with us on Middle Passage history.  Fifteen members … Continue reading →

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Worthless or Priceless

Posted on October 14, 2013 by admin

We need to put this on the table for your consideration: As we travel this nation’s Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, it is astounding to experience the initial hesitation and resistance within the Black community to honoring and remembering African ancestors. … Continue reading →

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Both Sides

Posted on August 9, 2013 by admin

We are now in the season of departure and arrival (May-September), the season that marked the transatlantic trade in humans. It was a time when people were wrenched from their homes and communities, enslaved, forced to march to the coast, … Continue reading →

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World Connections – Nelson Mandela

Posted on July 15, 2013 by admin

Nelson Mandela is an inspiration. For more than twenty years after prison release, he has through his wisdom, humility, patience, strength, and humanity enabled us to connect to freedom and independence struggles throughout the world. By example he has provided … Continue reading →

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From the Beginning

Posted on July 4, 2013 by admin

So very often, people wish to mark the starting point to events in history. That is hard to do, almost impossible. As additional information surfaces, pinpointing the when and how of history becomes more intriguing, unwinding an almost unending thread … Continue reading →

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