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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

The Black legacy that Spain left out of its official history

Valencia’s Central Market Square and nearby sites were major entry points and holding areas for enslaved Africans, yet no plaques commemorate the slave trade history.
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Jill Scott: To Whom This May Concern

A blend of nostalgic soul, funk, and spoken-word poetry, it hums before it speaks, swaying before it testifies. Since her debut album in 2000, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, Scott has given Blackness-and her native North Philadelphia-the foundational centering it deserves: the fragrance of cocoa butter warming on brown skin, potato salad on white styrofoam plates, the humidity thick on summer evenings while the sun goes down. Her voice gathers these recollections.
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