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Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora

June 19, 2018July 2, 2018 J. T. Roane African Diaspora, culture, slave trade, slavery

On Sunday April 17, 2016, my extended family in Tidewater Virginia was struck by the tragedy of a double loss.

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The African Diaspora in Europe Today

June 15, 2018June 23, 2018 Stephen Small African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Black German, Blacks in Britain, Germany, race

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means

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Enslaved People and Divorce in the African Diaspora

March 31, 2018April 2, 2018 Tyler Parry African Diaspora, Marriage, slavery

Numerous books and articles analyze the concept of “slave marriage,” but other than a few exceptional works, the historical literature

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The Absence of Political Economy in African Diaspora Studies

March 20, 2018March 26, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly African Diaspora, Black Studies, education, education reform, Pan-Africanism

The Black Studies movement, inaugurated in the late 1960s by student- and community-based demands for a “more relevant education,” represented

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#BlackOctober Reading List: The Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora

November 4, 2017November 8, 2017 Jennifer Wilson and Jennifer Suchland Black October, Russia, Russian Revolution

The Black October reading list is an invitation to think about the centennial of the Russian Revolution through the rich

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