Primary Documents in Global African History
(1967) Biafra’s Declaration of Independence
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Declaration of Biafra Fellow countrymen and women, you, the people of Eastern Nigeria: Conscious of the supreme...
(1948) United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human...
(1951) We Charge Genocide
We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief From a Crime of The United States Government...
(1996) Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) Preamble We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our...
(1947) W.E.B. DuBois, “An Appeal to the World : A Statement of Denial of Human Rights to Minorities…”
(1947) W.E.B. DuBois, “An Appeal to the World : A Statement of Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the...
(1960) Patrice Lumumba’s Last Letter to Pauline Lumumba
My beloved companion, I write you these words not knowing whether you will receive them, when you will receive them,...
(1890) George Washington Williams’s Open Letter to King Leopold on the Congo
George Washington Williams, “An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians and Sovereign of the...
(1955) The South African Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955 We, the People of South...
(1973) Black Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church: Statement on Apartheid
Black Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church: Statement on Apartheid Statement by Black Ministers of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in...
