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A Black Woman’s Activism in Postwar (West) Germany

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 Silke Hackenesch 0 Comments
#BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Adoption, Black Family, WWII

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.” In the aftermath of the

Situating Nigerian Women in Global Black Politics Discourse

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024 Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma 2 Comments
#BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, African Diaspora, Gender, Nigeria

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.” In 1929, before the wave

Remembering Victoria Santa Cruz: A Global Life

September 16, 2024October 25, 2024 Heidi Carolyn Feldman 1 Comment
#BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Activism, African Diaspora, Black women

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.” “I was born Black, I

Online Forum-Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora

September 13, 2024September 11, 2024 AAIHS Editors 0 Comments
#BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Activism, African Diaspora, Black women

September 16-23, 2024 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum considering the

Examining Identity in Louisiana’s 19th-Century Black Literature

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 Tanguy GIL 0 Comments
France, literature, Louisiana

Slave narratives were a central genre of African American literature in antebellum America. Still, some authors wrote fiction works, the