J. Michael Dash interviewed (in 2012) by the Public Archive on Haiti, Caribbean literature, and Édouard Glissant: "I remember reading recently that prophets are often defined by what they are not. I am not saying that Edouard Glissant was a prophet but he does represent an intellectual watershed in the Caribbean intellectual landscape. For the … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Dash Interview “DETOURS AND DISTANCE” (From 2012)
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AUDIO: LeFlouria on How the convict labor of Black women built the new South
Historian Talitha LeFlouria examines the incarcerated labor of Black women in Reconstruction-era Georgia - work that rebuilt the South's infrastructure and industrial economy under brutal conditions, enabled by the social language and legal mechanisms around Black lives that persist in America's modern mass incarceration complex. Source: This Is Hell! | Everywhere yet nowhere: How … Continue reading AUDIO: LeFlouria on How the convict labor of Black women built the new South
BLOGROLL: V Books Interviews Tera Hunter on Bound in Wedlock
Vibe interviews Tera Hunter on her new book, Bound in Wedlock: Slavery and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century (Harvard University Press): "The main objective of the book is to explore the meaning of marriage for African Americans during slavery and after emancipation. I examine how slaves constructed intimate bonds that they called “marriage” … Continue reading BLOGROLL: V Books Interviews Tera Hunter on Bound in Wedlock
BLOGROLL: Interview with Guadalopean Blogger and Activist João Gabriell
João Gabriell of, among other things, Mouvement de Libération Afro (MLA) was interviewed by la 1ère, site d'Outre-mer: "Q: Pouvez-vous caractériser cette « approche marxiste de la négrophobie et du (néo)colonialisme » que vous revendiquez ? "Gabriell: C'est comprendre les phénomènes d'exploitation et de dépossession des ressources des uns (par exemple les Africains) pour l'enrichissement des autres (les … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Interview with Guadalopean Blogger and Activist João Gabriell
BLOGROLL: Sandra Greene and the Curious History of Slavery in Africa | Cornell Research
Cornell University feature on the work of scholar Sandra Greene: "Sandra Greene writes about the history of slavery in West Africa, where warring political communities in previous centuries enslaved their enemies...." "Greene has written a series of books, examining the nature of slavery in West Africa—how it operated and what forms it took. Her latest … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Sandra Greene and the Curious History of Slavery in Africa | Cornell Research
INTERVIEW: On Slavery, Césaire, and Relating to the World: An Interview with Patrick Chamoiseau
McCusker, Maeve. “On Slavery, Césaire, and Relating to the World: An Interview with Patrick Chamoiseau.” Small Axe 13, no. 3 30 (November 1, 2009): 74–83. A 2008 interview with Patrick Chamoiseau as reprinted in Small Axe: "In an interview which took place in the Maison Française, Oxford, on 10 May 2008, the day instituted by … Continue reading INTERVIEW: On Slavery, Césaire, and Relating to the World: An Interview with Patrick Chamoiseau
VIDEO: Frank Guridy on Afro-Cubans and African Americans in the Jim Crow Era | @NotEvenPast
"Prof. Guridy discusses his prize-winning book, "Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow." Among other things, he discusses Langston Hughes' and Marcus Garvey's encounters with Afro-Cubans, the meeting of students at Booker T Washington's Tuskegee Institute, and the differences between Cuban and Puerto Rican encounters with African Americans … Continue reading VIDEO: Frank Guridy on Afro-Cubans and African Americans in the Jim Crow Era | @NotEvenPast
INTERVIEW: Mustakeem on “The Lost History of the Middle Passage”
Sowande' Mustakeem interviewed by P/S Mag: "Mustakeem, an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, took that gap in knowledge as a challenge to fill in with as much detail as possible. In Slavery at Sea, Mustakeem begins with the kidnapping of Africans and their sale into slavery … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Mustakeem on “The Lost History of the Middle Passage”
Goldthree Interviews Gaffield on Haiti and the Atlantic World | @AAIHS
At AAIHS, Reena Goldthree interviews Julia Gaffield on her new book Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: "Reena Goldthree (RG): Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World chronicles how Haitian officials constructed diplomatic, commercial, and military ties with foreign governments and merchants in the early nineteenth century. Your book joins a remarkably rich body of scholarship … Continue reading Goldthree Interviews Gaffield on Haiti and the Atlantic World | @AAIHS
Cobb on “What Does Black Freedom Look Like?” | @LeftofBlack
Jasmine Cobb on black visuality via Left of Black: "On this episode of Left of Black on The Root Jasmine Nichole Cobb talk about her new book, Picture Freedom: Remaking Black Visuality in the Early Nineteenth Century (NYU Press). Cobb is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies, and … Continue reading Cobb on “What Does Black Freedom Look Like?” | @LeftofBlack
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