On Reading Two Recent Memoirs by Afro-Germans Two recent memoirs by German authors with an African connection emphasize that German history cannot be written without including the histories and perspectives of black Germans (as well as that of many other
December 2013
Dear all, I am sure that we all share the same sadness that we felt when we turned to the news in the morning of December 6 and learned that one of the last icons of the 20th century had
Guest Editorial November 2013
Dear all, This month’s guest editorial has been written by Christiana Lambrinidis, who wished to share her thoughts with the CAAR community shortly after the first ship sank at Lampedusa in October. Christiana is an award-winning playwright, director, scholar of creative
October/November 2013
Dear Colleagues and Fellow Members of CAAR, I remember the first time we met at the inaugural conference in Paris full of veracity and rigor in teaching the African American paradigm to the world. It is my pleasure to address you
October 2013
On Reading Long Division by Kiese Laymon Kiese Laymon represents a new breed of Southern Black writers. Born in Jackson, Mississippi and trained at Oberlin College and Indiana University, Laymon has crafted a funny and complex coming-of-age story set in
Special October 2013
Dear all, After lampedusa, we are once again, in the wake. thank you, christina sharpe, for the term which alerts me to our always again after-the-fact-ness of witnessing black death, unnamed dying, waking to it and holding a wake, if
September 2013
Why Should We Unleash the Black Erotic? This year’s Avery Research Center conference, “Unleashing the Black Erotic: Gender and Sexuality—Passion, Power, and Praxis”, will bring together scholars, activists, and artists for two days of lively intellectual exchange of ideas and
August 2013
Dear all, Just a few weeks before the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, Sesame Street presented its take on the United States’ judicial system, adding its bit to a sweltry summer that has been slowly chipping away at the
Special July 2013
Dear all, It is Sunday morning July 14, a few hours after the verdict in the Zimmerman, Florida case. http://www.thenation.com/blog/175260/white-supremacy-acquits-george-zimmerman#axzz2Z2IgfFpQ The jury of six almost all white women found Zimmerman not guilty of murder, not guilty of manslaughter. The perfidious racist
July 2013
At the time of writing this editorial, I take my cue from President Barack Hussein Obama’s statements at a press conference in Senegal on 27 June. Invoking Nelson Mandela and his critical state of health, Obama called him a “personal