London and Liverpool from 12 to 16 April 2013 : Voir Londres autrement: The TYPICAL BRITISH CAPITAL and the MULTICULTURAL ONE

Departure for London 7.30 by Eurostar train  Friday 12

Playing cards

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In Front of the Hostel in Swiss Cottage

Using the Tube: So easy!

TYPICAL LONDON : THE BRITISH CAPITAL

In Front of Saint Paul Cathedral

 Visiting Saint Paul galleries;

Answering questions about  architecture and the famous people buried there.

 In Front of Saint Paul and the statue of Queen Victoria

Crossing London Bridge.... and jumping out of joy!

Listening to a guide in Southwark Cathedral 13th C

Discovering  Christianity and Jesus'life represented by the statues and told by the pictures on the stained-glass windows

In front of HMS BELFAST war ship

Crossing Tower Bridge

Walking around Tower Hill

The British Museum

The Rosetta Stone and its importance in deciphering hyeroglyph

What time is it , Big Ben ?

Buckingham Palace and the changing of the Guards

MULTICULTURAL LONDON

Visiting the HINDU TEMPLE: BAPS shri SWAMINARAYAN Mandir.
Unfortunately pictures inside were forbidden! It Was magnificient!We visited an exhibition: Understanding Hinduism .

BRIXTON village and its Afrcan and Jamaican flavour

Discovering Asian culture in Bricklane market

YUMMY ! yummy!

CHINATOWN

HISTORY OF RELIGIONS : understanding Judaism and Islam



Guide answering questions about Islam and insisting on the importance of Respect and Tolerance towards other religions




The Central Synagogue : explaining  the main principles of Judaism



Showing the precious TORAH scrolls.





LIVERPOOL: CAPITAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE
The discovery of America was the maker of Liverpool(Inscription on Christopher Columbus Statue in Sefton Park)

In front of the Merseyside Maritime  museum and our visit to the slavery museum

 In celebrating our differences  we increase the richness of our lives:Edouard Manet Pupils inspired by great freedom fighters

 Sitting in an African  village: First part: discovering an African village and its art work





 
Discovering the ships and conditions on board for  Africans deported  to America

History:  sharing Africa like a big cake

Who took what ? Sharing Africa and its resources.

Sugar made from slavery

Mastering the slaves in order to prevent rebellions

1807: Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce: two most prominent abolitionits


FREDERICK DOUGLASS: abolitionist, journalist, first african american to present his candidacy to presidential election
 

HARRIET TUBMAN:'The black MOSES : helping slaves to go North using the Underground railroad.

refusing the 13th, 15th amendments: scaring black people to use their rights.

1948 : Universal declaration of human rights:
the fight was not over: segregation replaced slavery: equal but separate.




 
Marthin Luther King and Malcolm X working to defend African American rights

Sculpture by a group of Haitian artists representing their continuing struggle for freedom and human rights.

 Haiti became the first black republic as a result of the first successful slave revolt.

WALL OF HONORS: Brave men and women around the world  

 CONSEQUENCES of SLAVERY and COLONIALISM: Racism, Long-term underdevelopment

Slavery still exists Today: Inequalities for migrants.

Liverpool: city of contrasts: Chinatown, Cathedrals, ...........

Walking in Chinatown in Liverpool

The Huge Cathedral

Our project! Celebrating differences around the world