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Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77

January 17, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink black intellectual history, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism, West Africa

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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Totalitarian Century: A New Book on Geopolitics in the Black Literary Imagination

January 8, 2017January 11, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Slavery, the 13th Amendment, and Mass Incarceration: A Response to Patrick Rael

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Dennis R. Childs 13th Amendment, convict leasing

This post is a rebuttal to Patrick Rael’s “Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration.” Dear Professor

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A Global Vision: Ana Livia Cordero and the Puerto Rican Liberation Struggle

December 10, 2016December 8, 2016 Sandy Placido #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Puerto Rico

*This is the final post in our blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain. Blog

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Black Transnationalism in Practice

December 8, 2016March 13, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Eslanda Robeson, Pan-Africanism

Ghanaian politics have once again come to the fore of international media coverage as Ghanaians await the results of the

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