African diaspora - AAIHS

From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany

July 5, 2017July 10, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Black Europe, Germany

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands

Hip Hop and Disability: An Interview with Leroy Moore Jr.

July 1, 2017April 3, 2018 Darryl Robertson #HipHopSeries, disability

This month I interviewed Bay area artist and producer Leroy Moore Jr., co-founder of the Sins Invalid performance project and

Uncovering Lisbon’s Forgotten History of Slavery

June 26, 2017June 29, 2017 Yesenia Barragan Black Europe, slave trade

By all accounts, the Portuguese capital of Lisbon is a strikingly beautiful city, but—like so many entrepôt Mediterranean cities of

Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement

June 22, 2017June 24, 2017 Richard D. Benson II #BlackLivesMatter, black internationalism, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with organizations such as the

Mãe (Mother) Filhinha of Yemanjá-Ogunté. Photo: Yemanjá the film (2015).

Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil

June 15, 2017June 17, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Gender, Pan-Africanism, religion

While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still