Global Africans & The King’s Fountain | AP African American Studies 1.11

Explore the lives of Black Africans in sixteenth-century Lisbon through Chafariz d’El-Rey (The King’s Fountain), the required source for AP African American Studies Topic 1.11. In this video, I examine how this painting depicts Lisbon’s large and socially diverse Black population. Its detailed public scene includes water carriers, musicians, laborers, detained residents, and Black knights—including João de Sá Panasco, who rose from enslavement to become a member of the Portuguese royal court. Study the complete AP African American Studies required-sources series: https://www.apushslides.com/afam Teaching slides and classroom materials: https://www.apushslides.com/store/apa... In this video: What Chafariz d’El-Rey reveals about the African diaspora in Renaissance Portugal How Black residents participated in Lisbon’s labor, public culture, and social hierarchy How João de Sá Panasco and the other Black knights complicate common depictions of Africans in early modern Europe This review is designed for AP African American Studies students and teachers studying Unit 1, Global Africans, the African diaspora, Renaissance Lisbon, and the required course sources. #APAfricanAmericanStudies #AfricanDiaspora #BlackHistory