Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
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Black Internationalism
State of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100
At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
Read moreAfrican American Diplomacy and Disruptive Activism (Athan Biss)
This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of
Read moreBetween Diasporic Consciousness and Cultural Appropriation
Last month, writer Zipporah Gene, of Nigerian descent, set off a firestorm when she accused African Americans of “culturally appropriating”
Read moreRecent Scholarship in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies: A Brief Bibliography
The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the
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