Borders of Dominicanidad: A New Book on Dominican Racial Identity
This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African
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Decolonizing the Republic: A New Book on African and Caribbean Migrants in Postwar Paris
This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African
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America’s Enslaved Dead
On Sunday, November 8, 1936, Zora Neale Hurston received the exciting news: there was a zombie at the hospital in
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Slavery, Migration, and Narratives of the Black Pacific
In 1803, on a small tropical island surrounded by beautiful oceans and relentless sugar plantations, a baby was born. The
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The Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora Series: An Interview with Quito Swan and Glenn Chambers
In today’s post, I sit down with Professors Quito Swan and Glenn Chambers to discuss their book series on the
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