Cuba, Antiracism, and a New Revolution
January 1, 2017 was the first time since 1959 that Cuba has celebrated a New Year and the anniversary of
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Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas
It was a humid Christmas day in 1820 when twenty-five-year-old Santiago MartÃnez presented himself before the army commander stationed in
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Gender, Slavery, and the Archive in Cuba: An Interview with Aisha Finch
This month, I interviewed Aisha Finch about her new book, Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies
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A Global Vision: Ana Livia Cordero and the Puerto Rican Liberation Struggle
*This is the final post in our blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain. Blog
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A Bandung Conference in Harlem: The Meaning of Castro’s Visit Uptown
Since Fidel Castro passed away last Friday, news coverage has been predictably polarizing: from celebrating his commitment to anticolonial liberation
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