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Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) depicting an African serving boy, late Classical, ca. 360–350 B.C., Rogers Fund, 1950, Accession no. 50.11.4. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

African Americans and the Classics: An Introduction

September 7, 2017September 11, 2017 David Withun academia, black intellectual history, classics, race, racism

The history of African American engagement with Classical history, literature, and philosophy has been fraught with controversy and complexity. Much

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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

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“Talking Black in America”: A New Film on African American English

June 13, 2017June 15, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, dialect, film, language, linguistics

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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Revolution and Repression: A Framework for African American History

June 6, 2017June 10, 2017 Brandon Byrd #Horne, Haiti

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History What are the defining themes of

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The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora

May 22, 2017May 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr African Diaspora, education

This spring thousands of college students will march across commencement stages to receive their degrees. Many of these students will

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