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Contested Bodies: A New Book on Black Motherhood and Slavery in Jamaica

June 26, 2017June 28, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi archives, Caribbean, Jamaica, slave trade, slavery

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

Poster for the Festival Afrofémiste Nyansapo. Photo: Mwasi Collectif Afroféministe.

Nyansapo: Black Feminism and the French Republic

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black politics, Black women, Caribbean, feminism, France

Recently, France saw an uproar over a festival planned by the black feminist collective Mwasi. The Socialist mayor of Paris,

Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

The Young Historians Project in Britain, Part II: An Interview with Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Activism, African Diaspora, Blacks in Britain, Caribbean

This month I interviewed Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis about their involvement with the Young Historians Project, a non-profit organization

Battle at San Domingo, January Suchodolski, 1845. Photo: Wikimedia.

Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica

May 18, 2017May 22, 2017 Marlene L. Daut Caribbean, colonialism, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Jamaica, slavery

In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would