“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba
[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.
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African diaspora
Sara Baartman, Say Her Name: A Bicentennial Anniversary
One of the stranger stories that broke with the new year was the report (now discredited) of pop star Beyoncé writing
Read moreRecent Works on Black Women, Gender, and Global Garveyism
In my recent review of Adam Ewing’s book, The Age of Garvey: How a Jamaican Activist Created a Mass Movement
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In my previous two posts, I have made an attempt to better understand early African American intellectual history, first providing
Read moreBenedicta’s Cabin and the Space of Silence
On August 12, 1798- the day in which the so-called Tailor’s Conspiracy of Bahia, Brazil was discovered by colonial authorities-
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