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Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Brazil: An Interview with Kwame Dixon

November 5, 2016November 5, 2016 Jaime Alves black politics, Brazil, electoral politics

In today’s guest post, Professor Jaime Alves, ‎Assistant Professor of Anthropology at CUNY Staten Island, interviews Professor Kwame Dixon about

Borders of Dominicanidad: A New Book on Dominican Racial Identity

November 4, 2016November 3, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Haiti, Latino/a

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

Reflections on Race, Diaspora, and Nation

October 29, 2016October 28, 2016 Tshombe Miles Afro-Brazilians, blackness, Brazil

“People of African descent, wherever they reside, should always be mindful that national struggles can never be disentangled from diasporic

Free colored soldiers. Source: Luis dos Santos Vilhena, A Bahia no Século XVIII (Editôra Itapuã: Bahia, 1969).

Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

Teaching Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Philosophy

October 11, 2016October 11, 2016 Laura Premack Brazil

In 1980, Abdias do Nascimento, one of Brazil’s greatest black activists and intellectuals, published a seminal essay titled “Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian