African diaspora - AAIHS

Haitian and French Petrol Protests in the Age of Climate Change

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 Crystal Eddins black protest, Caribbean, France, Haiti

For the past several months, major unrest has occurred almost simultaneously in both Haiti and France over rising gas prices,

‘White Rebels in Black’: An Interview with Priscilla Layne

January 24, 2019January 29, 2019 Kira Thurman African Diaspora, Black Europe, Germany, race, racism, white supremacy

In today’s post, Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, interviews Priscilla

Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song

January 10, 2019January 29, 2019 Matthew Teutsch film, literature, slave trade, slavery

Looking upon the Wakandan sunset at the end of Ryan Coogler’s film Black Panther (2018), T’Challa holds his cousin N’Jadaka

Readings on Transnational African American History

January 8, 2019January 29, 2019 Nico Slate and Clayton Vaughn-Roberson Activism, black internationalism, Politics

African American History has always transcended borders of many kinds, yet historians have not always recognized the transnational and global

Brazilian Politics and the Rise of the Far-Right

January 7, 2019January 29, 2019 Daniela Gomes Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, repression, Resistance

On October 28, Brazil elected its 38th President, Jair Bolsonaro, making a core of his 57 million supporters extremely happy