African diaspora - AAIHS

W.E.B. Du Bois And World Revolution: An Interview With Bill V. Mullen

October 18, 2016October 16, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Afro-Asia, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black women, Communism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This month I interviewed Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies at Purdue University, about his recent book, Un-American: W.

Women, Gender Politics, and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Keisha N. Blain

October 17, 2016February 7, 2017 Kathryn Vaggalis #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, black nationalism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s guest post, Kathryn Vaggalis, the managing editor of Women, Gender and Families interviews Keisha N. Blain about the

Free colored soldiers. Source: Luis dos Santos Vilhena, A Bahia no Século XVIII (Editôra Itapuã: Bahia, 1969).

Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

Erna Brodber and Pan-Africanism in Post-Independence Jamaica

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Petal Samuel #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Jamaica, Pan-Africanism

*This is the fifth post in a new blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain.

Teaching Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Philosophy

October 11, 2016October 11, 2016 Laura Premack Brazil

In 1980, Abdias do Nascimento, one of Brazil’s greatest black activists and intellectuals, published a seminal essay titled “Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian