African Diaspora - AAIHS

African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation

October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, religion, West Africa

Return to the moment you first saw Beyoncé emerge through the iron doors in the golden-yellow gown as water flows

Remembering Afro-German Intellectual May Ayim

September 6, 2017September 9, 2017 Tiffany Florvil African Diaspora, Black Europe, black feminism, Black German, black intellectual history, black women's internationalism, poetry

It has been almost twenty-one years since Black German activist, educator, writer, and public intellectual May Ayim died on August

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

Commemorating Slavery in Nantes, France: Material and Virtual Traces

May 26, 2017May 30, 2017 Nathan Dize African Diaspora, France, slave trade

On a recent research trip to Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of France, I came across two particular sites where

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