Ridning, ridebanespring og horsemanship

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *Selected as a book to look out for in 2024 by the Guardian and The Rest is Politics*Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.For too long, Africa's history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, or simply ignored. Now, Zeinab Badawi sets the record straight.In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history - from the very origins of our species, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence. Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, she unearths buried histories from across the continent and gives Africa its rightful place in our global story.The result is a gripping new account of Africa: an epic, sweeping history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet, told through the voices of Africans themselves.

"Posey is a show pony who has a big problem. No matter how hard she works, no matter how many times she wins or how much she loves her kids, the problem will always be there. Yet despite her problem, Posey continues to do everything with her whole heart. Posey is a champion through and through, and her story comes with powerful lessons about preserving through change, keeping your heart open, and the enduring power of love."--Provided by publisher.

Da Ellen springer over en forhindring med sin pony, Uno, bliver Stig misundelig, og han vil også prøve. Det går ikke så godt. Ellen siger, at Stig gør det forkert, og at han rykker Bella i munden, når han springer. Men Ellens mormor, Eva, lover at lære Stig at springe på Bella. De starter med at galopere over en bom, og senere får Stig lov til at prøve at springe igen, og denne gang skal han gøre det bedre og lade være med at bumpe ned i sadlen, når Bella lander på den anden side af forhindringen. Andre bøger i serien: Den røde vante og Skovturen.

Forgetting is forbidden. Unpunished, a continent, a "race" wants justice and reparation.It is important to know what actually happened and to record it.It is a deluge that has come over the black people. The most brutal, appalling and shocking crimes were committed against these people, which have not been properly condemned, excused and repaired to this day. So far, these crimes against humanity have gone unpunished, called genocide in other ethnic groups. On the contrary, the perpetrators deal with their crimes arrogantly and almost proudly, that even centuries after the numerous crimes they still make fun of the victims and thereby treat them derogatorily. This is unique in history. The whites who committed such crimes against life and humanity have no sensitivity to the fact that they systematically and according to plan abused, raped, mutilated, tortured and killed hundreds of millions of their (the victims') fathers, mothers, daughters, wives, children, babies, destroyed entire cultures, stole their wealth, soil, agriculture and stole much of the labor force.The historical reappraisal of the slavery and colonial past is very inadequate. Although this western world still owes its boom, development, social prosperity and stability, but also Africans:inside and blacks owe their impoverishment, social destruction, instability and their phenomena to these colonial times. This means that the consequences of slavery and colonialism are still very present today. On one hand, they bring privileges to the colonial masters and their societies that they do not want to lose, and on another hand, they still bring immense disadvantages to the victims and largely explain why they are the way they are and why they still cannot free themselves today. Every white person benefits from the crimes of their ancestors and every:r black person loses because of it."With my book, I want to contribute so that a terrible injustice against the continent of Africa and all the people who come from there is not forgotten and considered like "peanuts"." Dantse Dantse

African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans, over four times as many as any other American destination. Comparatively speaking, Brazil received 40% of the total number of Africans brought to the Americas, while the US received approximately 10%. Due to this huge influx of Africans, today Brazil's African-descended population is larger than the population of most African countries. Therefore, it is no surprise that Slavery Studies are one of the most consolidated fields in Brazilian historiography. In the last decades, a number of discussions have flourished on issues such as slave agency, slavery and law, slavery and capitalism, slave families, demography of slavery, transatlantic slave trade, abolition etc. In addition to these more consolidated fields, current research has focused on illegal enslavement, global perspectives on slavery and the slave trade, slavery and gender, the engagement of different social groups in the abolitionist movement or Atlantic connections. Taking into consideration these new trends of Brazilian slavery studies, this volume of collected articles gives leading scholars the chance to present their research to a broader academic community. Thus, the interested reader get to know in more detail these current trends in Brazilian historiography on slavery.

Judging Hunters and Equitation demystifies the subjective process of judging hunters and hunter seat equitation. It is the definitive book on the subject written for riders, trainers, parents, and other officials. The book delves into the history of the sport, and how the rules and regulations evolved based on fox hunting. The authors explain how and why faults are scored, the process judges use to mark their cards, score, and place horses in their respective classes. They identify the ideals judges seek in the hunter and equitation rings, strategies to help riders improve their performances, and analyze how major competitions are judged.

Few African countries have attracted the international attention that Ghana has. In the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the then-colonial Gold Coast emerged as a key political and intellectual hub for British West Africa. Half a century later, when Ghana became the first sub-Saharan state to emerge from European colonial rule, it became a key site for a burgeoning, transnational, African anticolonial politics that drew activists, freedom fighters, and intellectuals from around the world. As the twentieth century came to a close, Ghana also became an international symbol of the putative successes of post-Cold-War African liberalization and democratization projects. Here Jeffrey Ahlman narrates this rich political history stretching from the beginnings of the very idea of the "Gold Coast" to the country's 1992 democratization, which paved the way for the Fourth Republic. At the same time, he offers a rich social history stretching that examines the sometimes overlapping, sometimes divergent nature of what it means to be Ghanaian through discussions of marriage, ethnicity, and migration; of cocoa as a cultural system; of the multiple meanings of chieftaincy; and of other contemporary markers of identity. Throughout it all, Ahlman distills decades of work by other scholars while also drawing on a wide array of archival, oral, journalistic, and governmental sources in order to provide his own fresh insights. For its clear, comprehensive coverage not only of Ghanaian history, but also of the major debates shaping nineteenth- and twentieth-century African politics and society more broadly, Ghana: A Political and Social History is a must-read for students and scholars of African Studies.

The present-day patterns of coffee production and consumption are rooted in the legacies of colonialism and slavery, but surprisingly the global history of the relationships between this commodity and slavery and other forms of asymmetrical dependencies has not been written yet. In this short monograph, Rafael de Bivar Marquese presents a proposal on how to do so. In its first part, it argues that historically specific forms of asymmetrically dependent labor that were mobilized for coffee production from the mid-sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century can be better understood from how they were situated in three different, global coffee economies that overlapped in this longue durée. The monograph presents an overview of each, highlighting their main characteristics and in particular the relationships between different labor regimes within each one of them. In its second part, it discusses the three main theoretical and methodological axes that guide the proposal.

From Jesmyn Ward - the two-time National Book Award winner - comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. This miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land; the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South.

'Gripping, mythic, bone-pulverising ... A spectacular achievement' ANTHONY DOERR'Jesmyn Ward is one of the greatest writers of all time. And Let Us Descend, once again, proves it' JACQUELINE WOODSON'Transcendent ... The best book I've read in years'LOUISE KENNEDY'Stunning ... Will grip you from the first word to the last' NATHAN HARRIS-----------------------The first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand.On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of her mother's resilience, comforted by stories of her African warrior grandmother. Everything she knows, she learned from her mother - how to fight, how to be strong, how to grow up in a world shrouded in darkness.When she is sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, Annis must venture onward through the rich but unforgiving landscapes of the American South alone: from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans, and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Searching for relief in memories of her mother, she opens herself to a world beyond her own, teeming with spirits of earth, water, history and myth. A reimagining of American slavery as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching, Let Us Descend offers a magnificent portrait of the strength of the human spirit and its ability to emerge from darkness into light. This is a story of beauty, love, rebirth and reclamation - a masterwork for the ages.Praise for Sing, Unburied, Sing'A must' Margaret Atwood'I am a huge fan of Jesmyn Ward's work, and this book proves that she is one of the most important writers in America today' Ann Patchett'Ward is a lyrical, visceral storyteller' Daily Mail'A visceral and intimate drama that plays out like a grand epic . Staggering' Marlon James'A searing, urgent read' Celeste Ng

En dejlig historie af Anette Eggert for dem, der elsker heste og ridning, men også for dem, der ved, hvor svært det kan være nogle gange. Med fine illustrationer af Annika Lundholm Moberg. Ina har ventet i hele tre uger. Endelig skal hun på rideskole, endelig skal hun ride på Stribe. I de sidste par uger har Ina set alle de videoer, hun kunne, om ridning på YouTube. Hun ved præcis, hvordan hun skal tage grimen på, ride, sadle op, ja hun kan det hele. Men da Ina ankommer til stalden, er det ikke så nemt, som hun tror. Skal det virkelig være så svært? Og hvorfor gør Stribe ikke, som hun vil? Nu må Ina kæmpe for ikke at give op. Hun indser, at alt ikke er så nemt, som det ser ud til. Men nogle gange skal man bare slappe af og have det sjovt.

Anette Eggert har skrevet en skøn historie om at kæmpe for sine drømme, om at stå op for det man lover og selvfølgelig en bog om ridning og kærligheden til heste. Et must for hesteelskeren! Flot illustreret af Annika Lundholm Moberg. Da Inas mor lovede at betale for et halvt år på rideskole, hvis Ina sparede op til anden halvdel, tog Ina et job hos verdens bedste nabo, Severin. Nu har hun en krukke under sin seng med pengene og kan endelig begynde at ride! Men da Ina viser krukken frem til sin mor, viser det sig, at penge ikke er det største problem. Hendes mor er bange for heste, og det er alt for farligt at ride. Ina og bedsteveninden Nour går en tur for at finde en løsning på problemet, da de finder en annonce i supermarkedet opslagstavlen: Prøv-at-ride med forældre!Men hvordan får Ina sin mor til at prøve at ride, så hun indser, at heste er det bedste, der findes? Det er en usædvanlig bog i genren med et originalt plot og meget sympatisk tone. Økonomi, frygt, kærlighed og angst behandles og portrætteres med respekt og åbenhed. Sproget er flydende og udtryksfuldt fængslende.

Stig har endelig fået en hest, som han kan ride på. Selvom han kun låner ponyen Bella af Ellens mormor Eva, føler han, at Bella er helt hans egen. En dag efter skole er Stig og Ellen i stalden, som de plejer. Ellen vil ride ind i skoven og siger, at de godt må for bedstemor. Men det er vist ikke helt sandt! De gør det alligevel. Ellen sætter i galop og Stig følger efter. Men så falder han af! Det går godt, men Bella halter. Hvad vil Eva sige? Hvad nu, hvis han ikke får lov til at ride på Bella mere! Fortsættelse af “Den røde vante” i serien Ponyvenner.

Stig drømmer om at ride. Ellen i klassen har en pony. Det ved Stig, fordi han tjekker hendes Instagram, men han tør ikke tale med hende. En dag samler Ellen Stigs tabte vante op og bemærker, at den lugter af hest. De begynder at snakke og Stig får Ellens pony at se.Stig vil så gerne imponere Ellen ved at ride sin mors hest Juvel, som faktisk er for stor. Han træner i al hemmelighed Juvel, men hun smider ham af! Tænk, hvis han havde en pony, som Ellen har! Men så sker der noget godt. Ellens mormor Eva er ponyavler. Mor kender hende og Eva har en pony som Stig kan låne! Ny hestebogserie af Malin Eriksson med illustrationer af Ingrid Flygare.

A clearly illustrated guide to the best exercises for suppling the horse's body and relaxing the horse's mind.The goal of a relaxed and willing horse crosses disciplines. Whether striving toward competitive goals in the show ring, working long hours on the ranch, or simply enjoying a leisurely trail ride, a horse that is supple in body, relaxed in mind, and light in the hand will be better able to perform, and stay sound and healthy while doing it.The exercises in these pages are a classically correct and horse-friendly starting point to building a routine you can rely on to prepare your horse in the best way possible for training or performance, or to cool him down afterward. The author has organized them in three categories: Exercises to relax and supple the horse from back to front (longitudinally).Exercises to relax and supple the horse from the circle and other arena tracks and figures.Exercises to relax and supple the horse from side to side (laterally). Addressing both general training targets and specific issues, the relaxation exercises include: A summary of their benefits.Explanations of what they are not likely to accomplish (their limitations).Prerequisites that ensure the exercise is done safely and correctly.Instructions on how to begin and complete it.Troubleshooting--an idea of where things are likely to go wrong with either the rider or the horse.With lovely photographs for inspiration, and explanatory illustrations and diagrams to help instruct readers in the practical application of each lesson, this is a fundamental book for all riders who desire a healthy, happy equine partner who can perform his very best with ease and comfort.

"Decades of study and millions of dollars have been put into the development of best practices at the highest levels of Western, English, and racing competition, and in this meticulously researched book, horse industry veteran Abigail Boatwright boils it all down into a set of guidelines that anyone can use to improve their ground at home. Whether you're starting with an empty field or renovating an existing arena, the expertise Boatwright has gathered will help you make sure the riding and training space you have is the very best it can be: safe for both horse and rider, functional and correct for your chosen equine activity, and prepared to help rather than hinder the development of your horse's performance. Insight, tips, and advice from leading arena builders and maintenance tool creators supplements expertise specific to a wide range of Western and English disciplines, as well as racing, along with both indoor and outdoor training spaces"--

The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet our image of the Tudor era remains overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book seeks to redress the balance: revealing not only how black presence in Tudor England was far greater than has previously been recognised, but that Tudor conceptions of race were far more complex than we have been led to believe. Onyeka Nubia's original research shows that Tudors from many walks of life regularly interacted with people of African descent, both at home and abroad, revealing a genuine pragmatism towards race and acceptance of difference. Nubia also rejects the influence of the 'Curse of Ham' myth on Tudor thinking, persuasively arguing that many of the ideas associated with modern racism are in fact relatively recent developments.England's Other Countrymen is a bravura and eloquent forgotten history of diversity and cultural exchange, and casts a new light on our own attitudes towards race.

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo's past--memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.--Publisher's website.

"Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways"--

Kiki's always dreamed of owning a horse - with the help of her friends will she be able to add a horse of her own to her holiday wish list?

Yorùbá Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, Àjàyí, run!'The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Òsogùn, thirteen-year-old Àjàyí's life was split in two.Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorùbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So Àjàyí becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family.Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Biyi Bándélé has created a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of Àjàyí's last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the Òsogùn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria; to his consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, his journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and quietly political, Biyi Bándélé's reimagining of Crowther's life is a brilliant tour de force.'A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWITH A PREFACE FROM WOLE SOYINKA

Emilie and Tim were odds-on favourites to end up together - until they met at her sister and his brother's wedding and he snubbed her, that is.Then, because everyone deserves a second chance, Emilie gave him one when Tim started a long-distance chat - then he ghosted her.So when her brother-in-law invites Tim to their farm to rehabilitate from a hockey injury, Emilie is not amused.It's a big farm, and she's busy with her physiotherapist job and the Thoroughbred retirement charity she volunteers for, so it should be easy to avoid him until he heads home. She's definitely not going to help him with his rehab, and any spare time she has goes to her off-the-track project horse, who should bring a nice price when she sells him.Problem number one? She's falling in love with her project horse.Problem number two? Tim starts showing up where - and in ways - she doesn't expect, helping her understand why he did what he did. She might be falling for him, too.Problem number three? What's the point in falling for Tim or the horse, when she can't keep either of them?

How was slavery defeated in the Americas? The Reckoning is Robin Blackburn’s compelling and authoritative account

Let the summery vibes of this laugh-out-loud small-town romance remind you that nice people can finish first.