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The Common Wind of the African Diaspora

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Kevin Dawson academia, academic publishing, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, Caribbean, Cuba, Haiti, race, Resistance, slavery

Julius Scott’s The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution is one of the academy’s worst-kept secrets.

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American Founders: A New Book on the African Diaspora and New World Freedom

April 19, 2019April 14, 2019 Skyler Gordon African Diaspora, black politics, black protest, civil rights, race, racism, Resistance, slavery

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Gerald Horne’s Insurgent African Diaspora

August 20, 2018August 27, 2018 Jessica Marie Johnson

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We begin with this essay by blogger Jessica

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Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora

June 19, 2018July 2, 2018 J. T. Roane African Diaspora, culture, slave trade, slavery

On Sunday April 17, 2016, my extended family in Tidewater Virginia was struck by the tragedy of a double loss.

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The African Diaspora in Europe Today

June 15, 2018June 23, 2018 Stephen Small African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Black German, Blacks in Britain, Germany, race

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means

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