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Community members hold a declaration denouncing the Nicaraguan state's plans to build the Interoceanic Grand Canal on Monkey Point lands, 2016 (Courtesy of Fundación Popolna / Onda Local).

Black Land Ownership and Megaproject Development in Nicaragua

April 8, 2017April 11, 2017 Jennifer Goett Black women, capitalism, Latin America, racism

Afro-Nicaraguans have been living in the shadow of infrastructure megaprojects for more than a century as both landholders and laborers.

The Third World Women’s Alliance, Cuba, and the Exchange of Ideas

April 7, 2017April 10, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Gender, Third World Women’s Alliance

Since President Obama reestablished diplomatic relations in December 2014 there has been a spike in American travel and interest in Cuba. Increased

The Poetry of Una Marson and Dionne Brand: An Interview with Belinda Deneen Wallace

April 6, 2017April 10, 2017 Nathan Dize #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, black feminism, Caribbean, feminism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University, interviews Belinda

Psychiatric clinic, c. 1930. Photo: PBS.

Reproductive Rights and Race Struggle in the Decolonizing Caribbean

April 1, 2017April 5, 2017 Nicole Bourbonnais Caribbean, civil rights, colonialism

On May 27, 1935, hundreds of Bermudians gathered in a protest chaired by barrister David Tucker, member of the League

Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani

March 25, 2017March 29, 2017 Richard Mares #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Communism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Richard Mares, an editorial assistant at Black Perspectives and Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, interviews Minkah Makalani about his recent article in