Devyn Spence Benson

Statues, Symbolism, and White Supremacy

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 Devyn Spence Benson African Diaspora, black protest, Black radicalism, Caribbean, Cuba, Resistance, white supremacy

Last month, protesters at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship campus, surprised the nation by toppling the

Woman wearing face paint, "Yo soy Fidel" (I am Fidel). Source: www.granma.cu.

Writing Antiracism in Cuba: An Author’s Response

November 11, 2017November 20, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson #AntiracismInCuba, Cuba

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. I still remember the first paper I wrote

Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

Representations of Black Women in Cuba

May 4, 2017May 6, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Afro-Cubans, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America

With the continued box office success of the Fate of the Furious, we are once again returning to the idea

Las Krudas Cubensi, a black queer hip hop group in Cuba. Photo: Hip-Hop Congress.

On Teaching Afro-Cubana Feminisms

March 4, 2017March 8, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Afro-Cubans, black feminism, Black women, Cuba, feminism, Latin America

Black and mulata women have participated in constructing Cubanidad (Cuban nationalism) since the beginning of the Cuban republic in 1902.

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