Dichotomies: Lisbon, a city of hills, beauty and wonder…and the Portuguese African Slave Trade. 

#Breakfast #Coffee & #Statutes. Portuguese history lessons.
There’s history…and then there’s the truth. Padrao dos Descobrimentos is a famous monument in the beautiful city of Lisbon that reminds its visitors of Portugal’s historical exploration of the “the new world”. What it does not reveal is the ugly truth of spilled blood and stolen futures.
Local news article about the monument; Kulianji Kia Henda’s conceptual art work; and Portugal’s colonial past
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Padrao dos Descobrimentos IG page
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