Latin America - AAIHS

Natural Disasters, Tropical Paradises, and the Caribbean’s Great Camouflage

October 13, 2017October 16, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black internationalism, Caribbean, racism

After hunkering down through this year’s particularly devastating hurricane season, many Caribbean islands are turning their efforts to recovery and

Intersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell

October 2, 2017October 5, 2017 Erica Williams Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, health, intersectionality, South America

In today’s post, Erica L. Williams, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, interviews Kia Lilly Caldwell about her new

Online Roundtable: Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba

October 1, 2017November 7, 2017 AAIHS Editors #AntiracismInCuba, Afro-Cubans, Cuba

November 6-11, 2017 Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online roundtable on Devyn Spence

Mãe (Mother) Filhinha of Yemanjá-Ogunté. Photo: Yemanjá the film (2015).

Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil

June 15, 2017June 17, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Gender, Pan-Africanism, religion

While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still

Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or