Teaching the African Diaspora in Canada
As a scholar of African American history, I teach students about the experience of Africans in the Americas. Through survey
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Canada
Austin Clarke and Canada’s Black Lives Matter Movement
Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer, died at age 81 on June 26. Clarke was one of Canada’s leading literary figures
Read more“Stronger in death than alive”: Reactions to the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba in Montreal
Recently, my colleague Keisha N. Blain wrote a post commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first
Read moreGetting the Word Out: The Circulation of Black Power Newspapers
Back in October, I wrote about Abeng, the short-lived Jamaican radical newspaper which, in the late 1960s, played a central
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