John Thornton

Professor of History Boston University

[John Thornton @Mvemba91]

@KateHandheld @CurrentArchaeo Whoop!! Whoop!!!

[John Thornton @Mvemba91]

@futbolprof @LesothoJohn @benjamintalton @loumoore12 @sharonmleon @jmjafrx @Unseen_Archive I have put up several seventeenth century primary sources concerning the Kingdom of Kongo (Angola) including Cavazzi’s book length MS and my translation of a Kikongo sermon at https://t.co/X3U4sI1dFs

[John Thornton @Mvemba91]

@amalexathorn I’ll bet it even scared your Daddy

[John Thornton @Mvemba91]

@nsty78 @PowellCotton I would love to know more about the documentation. In particular the colonial story on the role of the soba in this particular space.

[VoxSMauritii @VoxSMauritii]

Required reading for this year's BOOKER PRIZE should be "Sweetening Bitter Sugar," Clem Seecharan's important bio of the founder, LORD CAMPBELL OF ESKAN. And that, even though written before the author became aware of "Jock's" interracaial background.

[John Thornton @Mvemba91]

Note the reference to Heywood’s important biography.

[Garstang Museum @GarstangMuseum]

Today’s #objectoftheday is this electrotype copy of a Meroitic necklace divider (E.8041-3) from the Napatan period.

The object is inscribed with the names and titles of king Aramatelka.

#Meroë #NotEgyptian #Styleoftheday #Statementnecklace

[Dr Emily Middleton (formerly Bell) @EJLMiddleton]

Reading through so many letters of Victorian women supporting their writer spouses, male friends and in-laws... Is there a book on the invisible literary labour of 19th C women, not writers but so instrumental in preserving legacies, collecting biographical material, etc.?

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

How slaves ended slavery: While slavery would be reviled by secular and religious interests, slaves themselves finally overthrew it #twitterstorians #slaveryarchive https://t.co/gOainYPPHP

[Dr Campbell Price @EgyptMcr]

Preparing for my stint with our elephant #Maharajah at @networkrail Piccadilly Station. Here's a (rare) hieroglyph of an #elephant from the Roman Period decoration at the temple of Dendera.

Come along and say hi!

[Wikipatia @Wikipatia]

6/7/1662 — b. Celia Fiennes, British social historian, cultural recorder, travel writer, diarist. Traveled throughout every county in England on horseback recording meticulous journals of these tours (1685-12). Her valuable records were published in 1982 #womenshistory #travel

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

Recreations of "Africa": folks connecting the "first" Africans of 1619 to Ghana. Historians such as John Thornton et al. show they likely came from region of present-day Angola. Well at least they are not connecting them to Gorée Island 🤣 #slaveryarchive https://t.co/mUwZm0myOP

[Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology @uremuseum]

Shockingly by modern standards, an ancient Greek girl could be married as early as 12 and normally before 15, often to a much older man, as arranged by a male relative. This skyphos depicts a wedding procession, the bride and groom in a chariot for all to see. #womenshistorymonth

[Neal Spencer @NealSpencer_]

Follow #itpmumbai for inspiring insights into learning programmes run by museums from #Zimbabwe, #Uganda, #Tanzania, #India, #Malaysia and the UK, the start of 3-day @CSMVSmumbai + @britishmuseum workshop

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

So glad I was able to visit today the exhibition Le modèle noir that features the famous painting by Biard artist that I studied in my first PhD dissertation in art history. #slaveryarchive