Teaching Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Philosophy
In 1980, Abdias do Nascimento, one of Brazil’s greatest black activists and intellectuals, published a seminal essay titled “Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian
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#BrazilFreedomSchool, Anti-Black Violence, and the Rio Olympics: An Interview with Christen Smith
This month I interviewed Professor Christen Smith (@profsassy), Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at University
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A Tale of Two Graffitis: The American Tag and the Brazilian Pixação
In 1970 on the U.S. East Coast, before there were murals or graffiti “pieces,” even before people began experimenting with
Read moreRevisiting Palmares: Maroon Communities in Brazil (Celeste Henery)
This is a guest post by Celeste Henery, a Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in the
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Accepting Submissions for the 2025 Maria Stewart Prize
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Maria Stewart Prize for the best
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