ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT (Deadline: 10/26 before the class) Instructions: 1. Read the introduction of the Afro Latin@ Reader by Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores. 2. Group A (Acevedo to Lester): In the comment section below, respond to ONE of the following options. Group B (Lorenzo to Woods): Respectfully interact with ONE of your classmates’ responses. Do you agree with their… Continue reading Asynchronous Assignment on the Afro Latin@ Reader
Entry Question Is there an artist, poet, singer, or rapper that you like that centers on Black people and cultures? How would you describe their work? What Black-affirming elements stand out from their performance, lyrics, etc.? Socio-historical Context Anti-Black Racism is Everywhere in the Americas by Jomaira Salas (See Do Nascimento’s “Genocide”) Bios Darién Davis… Continue reading Pan-Africanism- Davis and Williams
ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT (Deadline: 10/12 before the class) Instructions: 1. Read pages (143-44; 152-155; 155-164) from “Pan-Africanism” written by Darien Davies and Judith Michelle Williams. 2. Group B (Lorenzo to Woods): In the comment section below, respond to ONE of the following options. Group A (Acevedo to Lester): Respectfully interact with ONE of your classmates’ responses. Do you agree with their arguments… Continue reading Asynchronous Assignment on Pan-Africanism
Entry Questions: Discuss in Pairs Why is preserving culture important for the human experience? Is there something you do in your family to preserve your cultural heritage? When Alfredo Duquesne, one of the people interviewed in the film, says “my body is in Cuba but my soul is in Africa,” how does that resonate with you? Have you ever… Continue reading They Are We- Emma Christopher
ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT (Deadline: 9/28 before the class) Instructions: 1. Rent and watch the 2013 documentary They are We, directed by Dr. Emma Christopher. 2. Group A (Acevedo to Lester): In the comment section below, respond to ONE of the following options. Group B (Lorenzo to Woods): Respectfully interact with ONE of your classmates’ responses. Do you agree with their arguments… Continue reading Asynchronous Assignment on They Are We
Abdias do Nascimento was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician. Also a poet, dramatist, and Pan-African activist, Nascimento created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor… Continue reading Genocide- Abdias do Nascimento
ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT (Deadline: 9/21 before the class) Instructions: 1. Read “Genocide: The Social Lynching of Africans and Their Descendants in Brazil” by Abdias do Nascimento 2. Group B (Lorenzo to Woods): In the comment section below, answer the question focusing on ONE of the following subtopics. Group A (Acevedo to Lester): Respectfully interact with ONE of your classmates’ responses. Do… Continue reading Asynchronous Assignment on “Genocide: The Social Lynching of Africans and Their Descendants in Brazil”
George Reid Andrews is a U.S. American historian of Afro-Latin America and currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Recommended Interview Afro-Latin America 1800-2000In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from emancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews synthesizes the history of people of African descent in every… Continue reading 1800- George Reid Andrews
ASYNCHRONOUS ASSIGNMENT (Deadline: 9/14 before the class) Instructions: 1. Read “1800” by George Reid Andrews. 2. Group A (Acevedo to Lester): In the comment section down below, answer ONE of the following prompts Group B (Lorenzo to Woods): Respectfully interact with ONE of your classmates’ responses. Do you agree with their arguments and interpretations? Do you disagree? What… Continue reading Asynchronous Assignment on “1800” by George Reid Andrews
Today we will explore another testimony on the embodiments of blackness/negritud in Latin America. To some extent, contrary to Bonilla-Silva’d depiction of traumatic normalized racism, the Black Brazilian model and designer Loo Nascimento will focus on how she was able to understand and embrace blackness as beauty, politics and as an aesthetic. After watching Loo… Continue reading Afronta! + Transnational Renderings of Negra- Nascimento and Zamora
