Why Haiti Needs New Narratives: An Interview with Gina Athena Ulysse
On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew roared through Haiti’s southwest peninsula taking with it homes, centuries-old structures, and over 800
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Caribbean
Race Pride, National Identity, and Jamaican Athletics
As a child growing up in Jamaica, going to the movies was a moment of national pride–not because of the
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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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