African diaspora - AAIHS

The Third World Women’s Alliance, Cuba, and the Exchange of Ideas

April 7, 2017April 10, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Gender, Third World Women’s Alliance

Since President Obama reestablished diplomatic relations in December 2014 there has been a spike in American travel and interest in Cuba. Increased

The Poetry of Una Marson and Dionne Brand: An Interview with Belinda Deneen Wallace

April 6, 2017April 10, 2017 Nathan Dize #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, black feminism, Caribbean, feminism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University, interviews Belinda

Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 Rashauna Johnson New Orleans, slave trade, slavery

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani

March 25, 2017March 29, 2017 Richard Mares #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Communism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Richard Mares, an editorial assistant at Black Perspectives and Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, interviews Minkah Makalani about his recent article in

“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 Christopher Tinson Activism, black intellectual history, Historiography

On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett