The Maafa (Swahili for "Great disaster"), the African Holocaust, the Holocaust of Enslavement, or the Black Holocaust[1][2][3] are political neologisms popularized since 1988 [4][5][6][7] to describe the history and ongoing effects of atrocities inflicted upon mostly native Africans worldwide.

2022年2月15日 · Maafa, the Swahili word for “great disaster” or “great tragedy,” is a term used to refer to the centuries-long enslavement and murder of millions of Africans by white Europeans, North Americans, and others—and the lasting impacts on African Peoples and the descendants of those who were enslaved.

2024年6月14日 · "Trans-Atlantic slave trade, known, since 1988 as the Maafa, 'a Kiswahili term for disaster, calamity or terrible occurrence' to describe the history of atrocities inflicted on African peoples and an invitation to people of African descent 'to honor our ancestors who have suffered through the middle passage AND the lives that continue to be ...

Maafa is a Kiswahili term for disaster, calamity or terrible occurrence. This term has been used to describe the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade/Middle Passage. people of African Descent are invited in an attempt to honor our ancestors who have suffered through the middle passage AND the lives that continue to be compromised due to racism and ...

2023年2月16日 · The “Maafa” — a Kiswahili word that can translate to either “great disaster” or “great tragedy” — reflects on the plight of the Africans as they traveled across the Atlantic and serves as a reminder that many of them died along the way.

2019年7月15日 · Maafa (or African Holocaust, Holocaust of Enslavement, or Black Holocaust) are political neologisms (popularized from 1998 onwards) used to describe the history and ongoing effects of atrocities inflicted on African people, particularly when committed by non-Africans (Europeans and Arabs to be exact) specifical...

The term "Maafa" has been adopted to provide a more encompassing systematic mass extermination of Jews by the Nazis. Additionally, "African Holocaust" is sometimes used as a synonymous term for Maafa.

MAAFA is a racial healing commemoration of the ancestors, known and unknown, from the Transatlantic & Domestic Slave Trades. MAAFA is a Kiswahili word that means “great tragedy” or “horrific tragedy”, referring to the period called the Middle Passage or TransAtlantic Slave Trade.

Maafa is a Kiswahili term for “disaster” or “terrible occurrence.” It describes more than five hundred years of exploitation of Africa through slavery, colonialism, and imperialism. A colony is a settlement in one land supported by another.

2011年10月14日 · The term “Maafa” is Kiswahili for “great tragedy”, “terrible occurrence” or “reoccurring disaster” and has been used to describe the European slave trade or the Middle Passage.