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...English missionary who went to Batswana in order to convert locals to Christianity. When Moffatt arrived among the Ewe (one of Batswana local tribes) to start his work of conversion, he started to study the local culture and beliefs but with ‘Christian Western eyes’. This tribe’s religious system was called Badimo, which in local language means ‘ancestors. During...

...English. I knew little French. We walked through his city, mostly in silence. I was sharing my hotel room with a friend, so Guillaume and I had to be creative. Most of the gardens in Paris are surrounded by walls and gates, but we found a way into one. Here are a few lines from ‘To the Garden, at Night’, an attempt at a poem I sent Guillaume after I got home from...

...English and European royalty, such as Queen Philippa of Hainault is now found in the Black Cultural Archives (Warner, 2019; Vernon, 2002). Other examples of key individuals in the Crusade such as knights, dukes and kings that are documented through forensic evidence and uncovered historical narratives are crucial contributions towards a more reliable account of history...

...English on sex and making babies. First published in London in 1684, it went through hundreds of editions in England and America. It was still for sale, largely unchanged, into the 1930s and beyond. References to the work pop up in the historical record like some kind of Zelig figure, often on the margins of unexpected moments. The huge numbers of editions and the...