Anticolonialism

Working with Histories that Haunt Us

March 31, 2021April 18, 2021 Marius Kothor Activism, Anticolonialism, black politics, colonialism, methods, research, Resistance

When I first began to conceptualize my dissertation project, I knew I wanted to write about an iconic group of

Enslaved African Americans hoe and plow the earth and cut piles of sweet potatoes on a South Carolina plantation, circa 1862-3 (Image courtesy of Library of Congress)

Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’: A Blueprint for Reparations

September 22, 2020September 13, 2020 Verene A. Shepherd #CapitalismandSlavery, Anticolonialism, Caribbean, reparations

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner.

Worldmaking after Empire: An Author’s Response

November 29, 2019November 24, 2019 Adom Getachew #AAIHSRoundtable, #WorldmakingafterEmpire, africa, African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black internationalism, Caribbean, colonialism, decolonization

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Adom Getachew’s Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination I want to thank

The Impossibility of Black Sovereignty

November 28, 2019November 24, 2019 Merve Fejzula #AAIHSRoundtable, #WorldmakingafterEmpire, African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black internationalism, colonialism, decolonization

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Adom Getachew’s Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination It is remarkable how

(Anti-)Imperialism, Knowledge Production, and Political Economy

November 27, 2019November 24, 2019 Charisse Burden-Stelly #AAIHSRoundtable, #WorldmakingafterEmpire, African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black internationalism, black politics, capitalism, colonialism, decolonization, Resistance

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Adom Getachew’s Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination In Worldmaking after Empire:

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