Between Diasporic Consciousness and Cultural Appropriation
Last month, writer Zipporah Gene, of Nigerian descent, set off a firestorm when she accused African Americans of “culturally appropriating”
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The ‘Dixie Narrative’ and the Meaning of Slavery
*This is a guest post from Ibrahim Sundiata, emeritus professor of African/Afro-American Studies and History at Brandeis University. Sundiata is
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As a new school year gets underway, I find myself more excited about my course offerings than usual.
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The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the
Read moreJean-Michel Basquiat: Black. Intellectual. Historian.
[CLICK IMAGES FOR HIGHER RESOLUTION] Last week I moved to Harlem. On Sunday I spent the day with Jean
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