African diaspora - AAIHS

Black-Owned Bookstores: Anchors of the Black Power Movement

January 28, 2017January 30, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis black nationalism, black politics, Pan-Africanism

In the summer of 1968, veteran members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) opened a shop in Washington, D.C.,

On Post-War Black British History

January 27, 2017January 29, 2017 Hakim Adi Caribbean, Politics

It is always fascinating to read historical accounts of the period you have lived through, or think you are familiar

Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77

January 17, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink black intellectual history, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism, West Africa

In January 1977, a month-long celebration of African diasporic culture brought participants from fifty-five countries to Lagos, Nigeria, including several

Global Black Culture: Celebrating Americanness at Festac 77

January 13, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink culture, music

This month marks the anniversary of a watershed moment in global black culture and knowledge production. In January 1977, over

Migration, Diasporic Self-Making, and Madame De Mena: An Interview with Courtney Morris

January 12, 2017January 15, 2017 Kami Fletcher #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Universal Negro Improvement Association

In today’s post, Kami Fletcher, an Assistant Professor of African American History at Delaware State University, interviews Courtney Desiree Morris about