Callaloo has a CFP on Black Diasporic Cinema Deadline: November 30, 2014. Callaloo invites papers for a special issue on Black Diasporic Cinema (Black Latinidad, African, Caribbean, etc.) guest edited by Michael B. Gillespie (Ohio University) and Keith M. Harris (University…
I have to admit it, I like Beyoncé’s “Partition.” But the more I listen, I can’t help but be reminded of an earlier song by Jean Grae, “Love Thirst.” I find it interesting the way each woman visually represents sexual…
In response to the 2015 MLA Presidential Theme, “Negotiating Sites of Memory,” this panel seeks to explore the possibilities and limitations of migration for Black subjectivities and Black texts. We welcome papers that address various aspects of Black migration narratives, inclusive…
In class discussions, when my students speak about race and violence and the world in which we live, I often wonder what is going—is it our public schools? The textbooks? The teachers? Or something else? All of these? In…