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Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ and Africatown’s Sister Settlement

July 25, 2018July 31, 2018 Sharla M. Fett literature, slave trade, slavery, Zora Neale Hurston

More than ninety years after Zora Neale Hurston first met Cudjo Lewis, her manuscript Barracoon has finally been published. Hurston encountered

‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker Shirikiana Aina

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Nubia Kai africa, African Diaspora, Black film, film, Pan-Africanism, West Africa, women in film

In today’s post, poet, playwright and novelist Nubia Kai interviews Shirikiana Aina about her new film, Footprints of Panafricanism. An independent filmmaker,

Race and Identity in Medieval Europe

July 20, 2018July 23, 2018 Lynn Ramey Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Literary studies, poetry

*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 to

African Americans and the Congo: An Interview with Ira Dworkin

July 16, 2018July 20, 2018 Marius Kothor African Diaspora, imperialism, Pan-Africanism, Patrice Lumumba

In today’s post, Marius Kothor, a PhD student in the Department of History at Yale University, interviews Ira Dworkin on his new

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.