On Dying Land: the Afterlife of Toxicity in an Afromexican Community
*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. A
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African diaspora
Centering the History of Black Women in the French Empire
Annette Joseph-Gabriel’s Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire offers a bold new path for reimagining
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Black Women in Nineteenth-Century France: An Interview with Historian Robin Mitchell
In today’s post, blogger Annette Joseph-Gabriel interviews Robin Mitchell about her new book, Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies
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‘Ten Days in Harlem’: An Interview with Historian Simon Hall
In today’s piece, blogger Say Burgin interviews historian Simon Hall, a former Fox International Fellow at Yale, is currently Professor of
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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ and the Pitfalls of African Consciousness
African American imaginings of Africa often intermingle with–and help illuminate–intimate hopes and desires for Black life in the United States.
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