‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker Shirikiana Aina
In today’s post, poet, playwright and novelist Nubia Kai interviews Shirikiana Aina about her new film, Footprints of Panafricanism. An independent filmmaker,
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West Africa
African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation
Return to the moment you first saw Beyoncé emerge through the iron doors in the golden-yellow gown as water flows
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Civil Rights Organizations, the Black Press, and Ethnic Nationalist Movements in Africa
As African societies began to break the shackles of colonial domination during the mid-twentieth century, African Americans looked to these
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The Transatlantic Journey of South Carolina Freedman James Churchwill Vaughan
From the eighteenth century to our own time, a range of African Americans have traveled “back” to Africa in hopes
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Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77
In January 1977, a month-long celebration of African diasporic culture brought participants from fifty-five countries to Lagos, Nigeria, including several
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