#africana womens studies

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Rutgers University-Newark Assistant Professorship in African American History

Deadline: Unstated in description; posted on HEJ 11/20 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Candidates with research areas in twentieth century African American ecology and women and gender studies are welcomed. This position requires a Ph.D. in history, American studies or Africana studies and two years of teaching.” URL: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240327

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Paula J. Giddings (November 16, 1947) is a writer, historian, and civil rights activist. She is the author of When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America, In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta, and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement.

She was born in Yonkers to Virginia Iola Stokes and Curtis Gulliver Giddings. She graduated from Howard University with a BA in English. She worked on the university’s newspaper. She became editor of the university’s literary magazine, The Promethean.

She worked for Random House, first as an editorial assistant and as a copy editor. She became an associate book editor for the Howard University Press. She served as the Paris bureau chief for Encore America/Worldwide News. She transferred to the New York office, where she served as an associate editor.

She served as a contributing editor and book review editor for Essence magazine and became a distinguished scholar for UNCF.

She joined the faculty of Douglass College at Rutgers University. She joined Smith College as the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Africana Studies. She served as the editor of the feminist journal Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. She became Smith College’s department chair and honors thesis advisor for the Department of Africana Studies.

She received many accolades for her biography of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching received the Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians, the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book Award and was the Nonfiction winner of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named Best Book by the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune. The book was recognized as the inaugural Duke University John Hope Franklin Research Center Book Award winner.

She was a National Book Award Judge for nonfiction works. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #deltasigmatheta

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Lupita Nyong’o

Non dimenticherò mai, neanche per un istante, che la gioia che provo nella mia vita la devo alla sofferenza delle donne che mi hanno preceduto. Nessuna di noi dovrebbe mai scordarlo.

Lupita Nyong’o, attrice, modella, scrittrice e attivista, ha vinto il Premio Oscar 2014, col suo film d’esordio, 12 anni schiavo.

Si batte quotidianamente per una corretta e autentica rappresentazione delle donne nere.

Coi discorsi pubblici, il sostegno a campagne di empowerment femminile, la scelta dei ruoli, i suoi look, comprese acconciature e accessori studiati ad arte contro il fenomeno del texturism (la discriminazione di persone con chiome afro o ricce), mostra ogni giorno, la libertà di poter fare qualsiasi cosa e diventare chiunque si voglia essere.

È nata a Città del Messico, il 1º marzo 1983 da genitori kenyoti. Suo padre, docente universitario e politico, vi si era trasferito con la moglie nel 1980 per sfuggire alle persecuzioni causate dall��instabilità del paese d’origine dopo che suo fratello era scomparso in circostanze misteriose.

Da bambina ha vissuto per qualche anno in Africa prima di tornare in America. Ha una laurea in Studi cinematografici e teatrali all’Università di Hampshire, nel Massachusetts.

Ha iniziato a lavorare nel cinema come assistente alla produzione, la notorietà è arrivata col primo documentario, In My Genes, di cui è stata regista, produttrice e ideatrice.

Nel 2013 ha ricoperto il ruolo della schiava Patsey nell’acclamato film 12 anni schiavo, che le ha portato un Oscar alla miglior attrice non protagonista, uno Screen Actors Guild Award e un Critics’ Choice Movie Award oltre alle nomination per il Golden Globe e il BAFTA.

Nel 2014 ha doppiato la lupa Raksha nel remake in live-action de Il libro della giungla.

L’anno seguente ha debuttato a Broadway come protagonista nel dramma Eclipsed, che le è valso una candidatura al Tony Award.

Sono seguite le interpretazioni in diversi film di gran successo tra cui svetta l’interpretazione dell’aliena Maz Kanata nella trilogia sequel di Star Wars.

Nel 2018 è entrata nel Marvel Cinematic Universe, interpretando Nakia in Black Panther fortunato film candidato all’Oscar che ha incassato più di un miliardo di dollari in tutto il mondo e che le ha portato una candidatura ai Saturn Awards come miglior attrice.

Con l’obiettivo di rendere onore a una storia di ricerca della propria autostima e di discriminazione basata sul colore della pelle, nel 2019, ha scritto il libro per l’infanzia Sulwe, entrato nella lista dei best-seller del New York Times destinato a diventare un film d’animazione per Netflix.

Ha preso parte alla serie documentaristica Warrior Women, un viaggio nella storia e un modo per riscriverla da una prospettiva africana, finora sempre sotto rappresentata.

È stata la prima donna non bianca a presiedere la giuria del Festival di Berlino 2024. 

Il cinema per lei deve essere rappresentare le differenze e la pluralità di voci e mette tutto il suo impegno nel sensibilizzare le giovani donne su temi importanti come l’orgoglio delle origini, la libertà di scelta e l’empowerment.

Ha fatto della diversità il suo punto di forza e con innata eleganza e fiera consapevolezza, continua trionfalmente il suo cammino artistico e culturale.

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Proposal for writing

Working Titles:

Black people and spirituality, Black magic, Black mysticism, Africana magic

Key words:

Spirituality, Colonialism, Post Colonialism, Hoodoo, Christianity, Vodou, Voodoo, Juju, Magic, Hysteria, African Culture, Diaspora, Witchcraft

For my Dissertation I would like to touch on African Spirituality, its history and examples of how it is depicted in the media such as Nigerian and Ghanaian movies as it is the leading media that is consumed inside and outside of Africa and western media depictions. I would like to discuss Africa’s relationship with spirituality and Christianity and why many choose to follow christianity as Christianity is the number 1 Religion followed by African people and how it is ingrained in African culture and Black diaspora. In addition to this, African spiritual practices have been a subject of fear and avoidance amongst black people and its portrayal in the media could contribute to this. Colonialism also has a part to play in this fear of African spirituality as In Colonial times, Black Slaves were often banned by slave masters from practicing Vodou (a spiritual practice originating from Haiti), forms of magic and ancestral work as it was alien to them and demonized. My goal is to bring light to the issue of Africans demonizing their own spirituality that is a key part of their culture and the west’s influences on this. 

Artists/Practitioners/Case studies:

I initially watched the youtube channel Intexual media and their case study  video discussing Black womens History of Hoodoo, conjure, and witchcraft. the topic above that I would like to research on. I chose this as an initial start so I could be informed of a possible starting point for my dissertation and they also referred to other sources that they used for their information so it indicates that they are well informed of the topic. 

Primary Resources: 

British Museum, Interviewing family members

Bibliography:

Intelexual Media 2023 A Black Womans History on Hoodoo, Conjure, and witchcraft (on Youtube)

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This book. Is. Absolutely. Brilliant.

“The Salt Eaters” is one of those books that took me years to read. For some reason, I always seemed to begin to read it and after the first few pages I had to put it down. Part because I couldn’t grasp the concept of what was going on and because I had too much going on in my life. See, this book demands you be abandoned when you read it. After finally reading the book, I realized it was difficult to read because it was personal. It felt like a conversation I would have with my girlfriends. It was “an older book” that was still relevant. It gave me the feel of a Zora Neale Hurston book or Toni Morrison. It is time bending and revolutionary.

I was introduced to Bambara around the time I began to consume myself with literature from black women. The summer going in to my sophomore year of undergraduate school when I sat on the library floor and found Sanchez, Shange, Giovanni, Walker, Brooks, Jordan, Clifton to name a few. I was a theatre student, who also loved poetry, scouring for material to perform and interpret for auditions and competitions. Bambara was one of the names that kept coming up so I kept her on my list of authors that “changed the game”.

Those who know me know that I am a thrift store book shopper. I never buy used books for over $3.00 and one day (years ago) I came across this book:

Of course what attracted me was the cover, but inside were essays by all the women I had been self educating myself about. This book was Bambara’s first book, The Black Woman: An Anthology, in which African American women of different ages and classes voiced issues not addressed by the civil rights and women’s movements. I realized I needed to pick up a Bambara book and get to know her creatively. When I asked around what book to read first, everyone said “The Salt Eaters”. I remember trying to start this book for like two weeks until I justified with myself that this book was like “Meridian” by Alice Walker and “Song of Soloman” by Toni Morrison… I just didn’t get it. I put Bambara down and would come back to her a few times after that and could not get in to it. But when I did, it was a “game changer” for me!

Her novel “The Salt Eaters” centers on a healing event that coincides with a community festival in a fictional city of Claybourne, Georgia. In the novel, minor characters use a blend of modern medical techniques alongside traditional folk medicines and remedies to help the central character, Velma, heal after a suicide attempt. Through the struggle of Velma and the other characters surrounding her, Bambara chronicles the deep psychological toll that African-American political and community organizers can suffer, especially women. This material and subject matter was simply not being published. A brilliant and wise story!

Fast forward years later to 2018 and I sit in one of my grad school classes and on the book list is Bambara’s “The Black Woman”. All in time… all in time things will make sense and connect themselves. I am sitting in a setting where Bambara is being discussed as a scholar, black feminist and a creative. The most important thing, neither one was considered more important than the other. In my studies of Africana Womens Studies, interrupting the duality of women’s scholarship is a language encouraged for others to perceive and understand that black women scholars are shift makers and are both.

Today I honor Toni Cade Bambara on her birthday! Do yourself a favor, make sure you have these titles in your personal library:

Toni Cade Bambara, the scholar This book. Is. Absolutely. Brilliant. "The Salt Eaters" is one of those books that took me years to read.

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i like that this zoom divided the breakout groups by major and then my group was just the “and others”

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Muse Of The Week: Jamie Baratta

Muse Of The Week: Jamie Baratta

“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.” – Melinda Gates 

When it comes down to me choosing a muse for the week, I usually think of powerful and artistic women who have contributed to their community and to the world. Women who have played a role in the improvement of equality between men and women, the betterment of women’s rights, and the overall bridging the gap between women…

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professional organizations for classics

this is by no means a comprehensive list of every Classics-oriented professional society in the world, but it's a pretty sizeable list. google around and see if you can find more that suit your interests! as you can tell from this list, theres a society or organization for practically every subfield within Classics. a lot of these societies also offer scholarships and grants.

based on my experience as an american, most of these are going to be based in the US; any that are international or outside the US will be indicated in blue. each state also typically has its own state-wide association (i know california has two distinct associations for different part of the state and new york has several, with some of them specifically geared toward NYC.

General Organizations

Society for Classical Studies (SCS)- one of the biggest Classical Studies organizations in the world, a catch-all for all subfields of Classical Studies and Classical Archaeology (including but not limited to Mediterranean prehistory, late antiquity, early medievalism, Near Eastern Studies, etc.) *INTERNATIONAL*

Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)- the largest regional North American Classical organization (31 US states and 3 Canadian territories are included, divided into smaller subregions) *US & CANADA*

Classical Association of New England (CANE)- New England region Classical Association

Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)- Atlantic states (Virginia, Maryland, etc.) region Classical Association

Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest (CAPN)- Pacific Northwestern states and Canadian provinces region Classical Association *US & CANADA*

American Classical League (ACL)- a lot like SCS but not as prominent and restricted to the USA

Eta Sigma Phi- honor society for undergraduates; you can apply for scholarships for up to 8 years after graduating from your undergrad

Digital Classics Association- an organization focused on the teaching and study of Classics through digital media

Classical Association of Canada- like SCS and ACL but specifically for Canada *CANADA*

The Classical Association- like SCS and ACL but specifically for Great Britain *GREAT BRITAIN*

Hesperides: Classics in the Luso-Hispanic World- an organization focusing on the study of Greco-Roman influence outside of the normal geographic constraints (i.e., the Americas, Caribbean, Pacific, etc.) with an emphasis on underrepresented voices in the field including Hispanic, Indigenous, and African descent; website available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese *INTERNATIONAL*

Language & Author-Specific Organizations

International Ovidian Society *INTERNATIONAL*

Vergilian Society

American Association for Neo-Latin Studies (AANLS)

American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (ASGLE)

International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS)

Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature

Minority Identity Organizations

Classics and Social Justice- not an organization, but an extremely helpful and important resource for Classicists who are not content with the current social and political climate and want to work towards change

Women's Classical Caucus (WCC)- affiliate organization of the SCS focusing on women's and gender studies in the Ancient Mediterranean

Mountaintop Coalition- a relatively new organization focusing on the professional advancement of students and scholars of the Ancient Mediterranean and its reception who identify with an underrepresented ethnic minority

Lambda Classical Caucus (LCC)- an organization for queer Classicists and allies

Eos- a relatively new organization focusing on Africana and Africana Reception Studies

Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus (AAACC)- an organization focusing on the promotion of scholarship by Asian and Asian-American Classicists

Multiculturalism, Race, and Ethnicity in Classics Consortium (MRECC)- an organization focusing on the teaching of race and ethnicity in ancient cultures, as well as sensitivity to those subjects in modern scholarship

Archaeological Organizations

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)- the largest archaeological organization in the US and a sister organization to SCS; not limited to Classical archaeology *significant international presence*

American Society of Papyrologists

American Friends of Herculaneum (AFoH)- an organization focusing solely on the study of the archaeological site of Herculaneum

Etruscan Foundation- an organization dedicated to the study of Etruria

Historical & Religious History Organizations

Association for Ancient Historians (AAH)

Society for Ancient Medicine and Pharmacology

Society for Late Antiquity

Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions (SAMR)

Society for Early Modern Classical Reception (SEMCR)

MOISA: International Society for Ancient Greek & Roman Music and Its Heritage

Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy

Schools

Most European countries have their own Schools in Rome and Athens, which may offer membership and scholarship opportunities.

American Academy in Rome

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

College Year in Athens

Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome

Padeia Institute

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subject aesthetics masterpost

completed:

humanities and social sciences

history

political science

psychology

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linguistics

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women’s studies

east asian studies

european studies

africana studies

natural sciences

chemistry

biology

physics

astronomy

botany

wildlife science

paleontology

geology

marine biology & oceanography

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astrophysics

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mathematics and logic

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engineering

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dance

photography

film

theater

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fashion & fashion history

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translation & interpretation 

arabic

hebrew

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literature

literature

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journalism

medicine

medicine & anatomy

pharmacy

veterinary science

nursing

occupational therapy

respiratory therapy

other

education

geography

library management

architecture

cryptography

cognitive science

in progress/requested:

humanities and social sciences

postcolonial studies

social work

communications

marketing

finance & accounting

medieval studies

viking studies

psycholinguistics

indian classical students

natural sciences 

toxicology

data science

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robotics & biotechnology

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interior design

languages

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literature

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Alfred University (NY) Assistant Professorship in Sociology/Criminology

Deadline: Unstated; posted on HEJ 8/28 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Candidates with a demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary programs such as Data Analytics, Women and Gender Studies, Social Justice Studies, or Africana Studies are strongly encouraged to…

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AFRICAN & BLACK PHILOSOPHY: Getting Started

Hello everyone! As many of us who study philosophy in some form are likely aware, people of color, especially black philosophers, are radically underrepresented in the field (composing only 1.32% of all philosophers in the US). In order to combat such marginalization, and in attempt to help amplify black voices within the field of philosophy, I have complied a series of links & information here for learning more about African/black philosophy, especially within the US. Please feel free to add to this post if you feel that anything is missing, esp if ur a black person!

Overview:

According to Wikipedia.org: “African philosophy is the philosophical discourse produced by indigenous Africans and their descendants, including African Americans. African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. One particular subject that many African philosophers have written about is that on the subject of freedom and what it means to be free or to experience wholeness.”

Articles to start with: 

“What African Philosophy Can Teach You About the Good Life.”

“A truly African philosophy.”

“African Philosophy.”

“Descartes was wrong: ‘a person is a person through other persons.’” 

“Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots?” 

“What You Should Know About Contemporary African Philosophy.” 

“Philosophy in Africa - A Case of Epistemic Injustice in the Academy.” 

“The African Enlightenment.”

“The Radical Philosophy of Egypt.” 

“The first God.” 

“African Philosophy Is More Than You Think It Is.” 

And some introductory texts:

Barry Hallen, A Short History of African Philosophy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2009).

Samuel Oluoch Himbo, An Introduction to African Philosophy. Lanham et al.: Rowman and Littlefield (1998). 

Dismas Masolo, African Philosophy in Search of Identity. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (1994).

Kwasi Wiredu, A Companion to African Philosophy. Malden, Oxford, Victoria: Blackwell Publishing (2004). (PDF version linked here.)

Key essays:

“The Struggle for Reason in Africa” by Mogobe Ramose in The African Philosophy Reader eds. P.H. Coestzee & A.P.J. Roux

“Appeal,” David Walker 

“What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”, Frederick Douglass

“Ain’t I a Woman?”, Sojourner Truth 

“The Black Woman’s role in the Community of Slaves,” Angela Davis

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois (first chapter esp.)

“A Problem of Biography in African Thought” & “What Does It Mean to Be a Problem?” by Lewis Gordon in Existentia Africana 

“Racism and Feminism,” by bell hooks in the PDF linked here

“Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism,” Angela Davis

“Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” Martin Luther King, Jr. 

“The Ballot or the Bullet,” Malcolm X

“The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism,” Audre Lorde

“Whiteness as Property,” Cheryl Harris

Important contemporary black philosophers:

Cornel West (political philosophy, philosophy of religion, ethics, race, democracy, liberation theology)

Angela Davis (also a writer and social activist & just a general badass, really worth knowing about regardless of whether or not you have an interest in philosophy)

bell hooks (race, capitalism, sexuality & gender through a postmodern perspective)

Lewis Gordon (Africana philosophy, black existentialism, phenomenology)

Kwame Anthony Appiah (probabilistic semantics, political theory, moral theory, intellectual history, race and identity theory)

Patricia Hill Collins (sociology of knowledge, race, class, gender studies)

John H. McWhorter (linguistics) 

George Yancy (Critical philosophy of race, critical whiteness studies, African philosophy, philosophy of the body)

Kwassi Wiredu (African philosophy)

Franz Fanon (20th century Marxism, psychoanalysis, colonialism)

Online podcasts, blogs, & videos:

Podcast on Africana philosophy (the website linked here also contains several useful links and resources for further reading)

Youtube series on African Philosophy

Award-winning blog run by a Nigerian-Finnish woman which “connects feminism with critical reflections on contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective.”

Other links & resources:

Journal on African Philosophy

Wikipedia page, which includes a list of African philosophers

History of African Philosophy

Online bibliography on African Philosophy

25 Black Scholars You Should Know

The Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

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✨Community Citation and Resource Thread✨

Hey guys, this is my citations list. It’s a little rough (some different styes of citations) and a fracture of the helpful texts I’ve come across but it’s a place to start :) This one contains journal articles, speeches, research, pamphlets and studies (amongst other things) that focus race, identity, discrimination, colonization, black consciousness movements, political theory and political philosophy, feminism, black feminism, womanism, the concept of the other, eugenics, overviews of political topics, women’s studies, body politics, etc. 

Also some of the scholars and writers of these texts, have a myriad of other informative texts and papers that are worthwhile researching. These are just the ones I’ve been exposed to. 

I have decided to divide some of the sources up and place them into some topics of discussion. You’ll find that some citations occur under more than one topic of discussion because many of these texts touch on multiple areas.

Please feel free to add on texts, different media and posts that you think are helpful. They don’t need to be just political sciences, international relations, and philosophy texts. Any texts, books, academic papers/media, podcasts, newspaper articles, interviews etc.  from other perspectives and fields is welcome. The more (perspectives and sources) the merrier and the more educated we can become as a collective. 

The Concept of Blackness and the Other

Biko, S. (January 1971). White Racism and Black Consciousness: The Totality of White Power in South Africa. White racism and Black Conciousness (pp. 1-11). First Inter-University Research Workshop on Students and Youth in South Africa.

Blum, L. (2019). Chapter 8: Racialised Groups and Social Constructions in "I'm Not a Racist, But...": The Moral Quandary of Race. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Cérsaire, A. (1955). Discourse on Colonialism. In F. L. Hord, M. L. Okpara, & J. S. Lee, I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy (pp. 162-171). Amhearst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Du Bois, W., 1933. On being Ashamed of Oneself: An Essay on Race Pride. Crisis, 40(9), pp.199-200.

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Fanon, F. (1967). Black Skin, White Masks. New York City: Grove Press.

Garvey, M., In Garvey, A. J., & Essien-Udom, E. U. (1967). Philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey, or, Africa for the Africans.

Magubane, B., 2001. Social Construction of Race and Citizenship in South Africa. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Conference on Racism and Public Policy, (September 2001), pp.1-33.

Andrew Heywood is a scholar whose work is very accessible and touches on various political and international issues (His textbooks are great)

Heywood, A. (2011). Chapter 15: Poverty and Development. In A. Heywood, Global Politics (pp. 352-379). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Heywood, A. (2011). Regionalism and Global Politics. In A. Heywood, Global Politics (pp. 480-506). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillian.

Heywood, A. (2013). Politics, Society and Identity. In A. Heywood, Politics (pp. 151- 170). Houndmills: Palgrave.

Eugenics

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Naicker, L. (2012). The role of eugenics and religion in the construction of race in South Africa (Volume 38 (2) ed.). Pretoria: Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae.

Rich, P. (1990). Race, Science, and the Legitimization of White Supremacy in South Africa, 1902-1940. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 23, No. 4, 665-686.

Sutton, G. (2007). The Layering of History: A brief look at Eugenics, the Holocaust and Scientific Racism in South Africa. Yesterday & Today No 1, 22-29.

The legacy of colonialism and colonial ideology (this also includes the various waves of Black Consciousness thought from various global regions that include the Caribbean, North America as well as Africa)

Mamdani, M., 2001. Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism. Society for Comparative Studies in Society and History, 43(4), pp.651-664.

Biko, S. (January 1971). White Racism and Black Consciousness: The Totality of White Power in South Africa. White racism and Black Consciousness (pp. 1-11). First Inter-University Research Workshop on Students and Youth in South Africa.

Biko, S., & Stubbs, A. (1987). I write what I like: A selection of his writings. Heinemann.

Cérsaire, A. (1955). Discourse on Colonialism. In F. L. Hord, M. L. Okpara, & J. S. Lee, I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy. Amhearst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Crenshaw, Kimberle. (1991) Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Colour. In Standford Law Review, July, vol. 43.    pp. 1241-1299.

Eze, E. (1997). The Colour of Reason: The idea of 'Race' in Kant's Anthropology. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader, 103-140.

Fanon, F. (1967). Black Skin, White Masks. New York City: Grove Press.

Garvey, M., In Garvey, A. J., & Essien-Udom, E. U. (1967). Philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey, or, Africa for the Africans.

Hyden G., 2008, 'Institutions, Power and Policy Outcomes in Africa', Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) pp. 1-34, London

Ndaba, B., Owen, T., Panyane, M., Rabbie, S., & Smith, J. (2017). The Black Consciousness Reader (Second Edition) pp. 1-21. New York City: OR Books.

Nkrumah, K. (1968). The Spectre of Black Power. The Spectre of Black Power and The Struggle Continues, 421-434.

Parker, J. & Rathbone, R. (2007). African History: A Very Short Introduction pp. 25-45. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Robinson, C., 1983. Introduction and Chapter 1: The Non Objective character of Capitalist Development. In: C. Robinson, ed., Black Marxism, 1st ed. London: Zed Press, pp.1-28.

Sharplay-Whiting, T. D. (2000). Femme Negritude: Jane Nardal, La Depeche africaine, and the Francophone New Negro. Souls: A Critical journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, 8-17.

Multiculturalism, WOC, and hegemonic feminism (also touches on colonialism)

Amos, V & Parmer., P (1984). “Challenging Imperial Feminism”. Feminist Review. 17, 

pp 3-19.

Gqola, P.G (2001). “Ufanele Uqavile: Black women, feminism and post coloniality in Africa.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. No. 50, pp11-22. Taylor Francis Ltd.

Lugones, M. (2010). “The Colonality of Gender” in Mignolo Walter, Aturo Escobar (eds.) Globalisation and the Decolonial Option. London: Routledge.

Mohanty, Chandra Talapade. (2003) “Under Western Eyes. Feminist Scholarship amd Colonial Discourses” in Chalra Talapede Mohanty (ed.) Feminism without borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. Durham, London: Duke University Press. Pp 1-17

Nash, Jennifer. Practicing Love: Black Feminism, Love-Politics, and Post-Intersectionality. Meridiians

Okin Moller, Susan. (1999) Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton 

University. Pp 1.-24

WOC reponses to Okin Moller

Homi K. Bhabha. (1999). “Liberalism’s Sacred Cow” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. Pp.76-79

Honig, Bonnie. (1999). “My Culture Made Me Do It” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. pp. 35—41

Sassen, Saskia. (1999). “Culture beyond Gender” in Susan Okin Moller Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Princeton: Princeton University. Pp.76-79

Black Feminism, Womanism and Black Women’s history

Edgerton, Robert B. (2000) Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War. Boulder: Westview Press. pp. 1-37, 121-157.

Farrar, Tarikhu. (1997) “The Queenmother, Matriarchy, and the Question of Female Political Authority in Postcolonial West African Monarchy” in Journal of Black Studies, Vol.27, No.5. pp. 579-597.

Hill Collins, Patricia. (2000) “Work, Family and Black Women’s Oppression,” Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment (2nd ed.), New York: Routledge

White, Deborah Gray. (1999) Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South, New York: W. W. Norton & Company,  Introduction, Chapter 1, 2, 5.

Black Feminism (with a focus on representing WOC and POC bodies)

Hartman, S (2008). “Venus in Two Acts”. small axe, 12(2), pp 1-14.

Gqola, P. D (2010). “(Not) Representing Sarah Bartmaan“. What is Slavery to Me? Postcolonial Slave Memory in South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press.

Baderoon, G (2011). “This is our speech: voice, body and poetic form in recent South Africa writing”. Social Dynamics: A journal of South African Studies. 37:2, pp.213-227

Crenshaw, K (1992). “Whose story is it, anyway? Racist appropriations of Anita Hill”. Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas and the Construction of Social Reality. Pantheon Books.

Women’s studies and the history of the women and feminist field

Thurner, Manuela. (2003) “Issues and Paradigms in American Women’s History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander. Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 2-8 

Bock, Gisela. (2003) “Challenging Dichotomies in Women’s History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander. Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 8-14

Evelyn, Brooks Higginbotham. (2003) “African American Women in History” in Norton, Beth and Ruth M. Alexander (eds.), Major Problems in American Women’s History. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 14-19

Please reblog if you have insight to share or any sources. I hope this may be of use to you!

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Ama Ata Aidoo

https://www.unadonnalgiorno.it/ama-ata-aidoo/

Ama Ata Aidoo scrittrice e accademica ghanese, è stata la prima drammaturga africana a vedere una sua opera pubblicata, nel 1965.

Nata il 23 marzo 1942 a Saltpond, in una nobile famiglia, è cresciuta in un periodo di risorgente neocolonialismo britannico durante il quale suo nonno, che vi si era ribellato, venne assassinato. Suo padre, riconoscendo l’importanza di preservare la propria cultura, aveva fondato la prima scuola del villaggio in cui abitavano e ha tramandato la sua passione alla figlia che, già al liceo, aveva deciso di diventare una scrittrice.

Laureata con lode in letteratura inglese, ha scritto il suo primo testo teatrale,

The Dilemma of a Ghost, nel 1964. È stata ricercatrice alla Stanford University in California, dopo varie cattedre come visit professor tra gli Stati Uniti e il Kenya, ha insegnato all’università di Cape Coast, in Ghana. Ha vissuto anche in Gran Bretagna, Germania e Zimbabwe.

È stata Ministra dell’Istruzione durante il Consiglio provvisorio di difesa nazionale nel 1982. Si è dimessa dopo diciotto mesi, quando ha realizzato di non riuscire a realizzare l’obiettivo che si era preposta, rendere l’istruzione accessibile a tutti e tutte nel paese.

Dopo la carica politica, ha ripreso a viaggiare e ha tenuto conferenze in tutto il mondo. Ha insegnato  all’Hamilton College di Clinton, New York, negli anni ’90 e presso il Dipartimento di Studi Africani della Brown University fino al 2011.

Ha scritto opere teatrali e di narrativa, il suo romanzo più popolare è

Our Sister Killjoy

, del 1977, che ha avuto, per la prima volta, come protagonista una donna lesbica in contrasto con la convinzione che l’omosessualità fosse estranea all’Africa e derivasse dalla contaminazione con idee e comportamenti occidentali. Il suo Changes ha vinto, nel 1992, il Commonwealth Writers’ Prize come miglior libro dell’Africa.La raccolta di poesie Someone Talking to Sometime ha vinto il Nelson Mandela Prize for Poetry nel 1987.Ha scritto anche diversi libri per l’infanzia e contribuito a importanti antologie come Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology e Figlie d’Africa.

Nel 2000 ha creato la Fondazione Mbaasem per promuovere e sostenere il lavoro delle scrittrici africane.È l’editrice dell’antologia African Love Stories, del 2006.Nel 2012 ha lanciato Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, una raccolta di racconti e saggi di rinomati scrittori del Ghana, e di altri paesi della diaspora africana.

Ha patrocinato il Premio Etisalat per la letteratura, creato nel 2013 come piattaforma per scrittrici e scrittori africani esordienti.Nel 2014 è stato fatto un documentario sulla sua vita, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo.

Nel 2017 è nato l’Ama Ata Aidoo Center for Creative Writing, all’African University College of Communications di Accra.

Nelle sue narrazioni ha ripreso racconti popolari e leggende orali, trattato il ruolo delle donne africane nella società contemporanea e osteggiato apertamente il nazionalismo moderno che opprime la popolazione e, soprattutto, le donne.

Ha sovente criticato gli intellettuali africani che, dichiarando di amare il proprio paese, restano sedotti dai benefici del mondo occidentale.

Femminista decoloniale, credeva in una distinta identità africana, osteggiando la convinzione secondo cui l’istruzione occidentale emancipi le donne del continente.

Ama Ata Aidoo è stata un pilastro della letteratura femminista africana e mondiale che ha ispirato diverse generazioni di scrittrici.

Ha lasciato la terra il 31 maggio 2023.

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The Basics of Kemetic Philosophy (without the appropriated shit from Judaism)

I'm starting a series on Kemetic philosophy because a lot of my readings on it have included things like Kabbalah (Kabala, Kabbala, Qabala, etc.) which is directly appropriated from Judaism, and definitely would not have been included in ancient Kemetic philosophy.

This series relies heavily on the following books/independent publications (this continues to be updated as the series continues):

The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ka'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World translated by John Murray

Teachings of Ptahhotep

Maat: The 11 Laws of God by Ra Un Nefer Amen (somewhat, this book literally has the Kabbalistic tree of life on its' cover so I don't take a lot from it--it's really just a good jumping-off point because it covers so much)

Maat: The Moral Idea in Ancient Egypt by Maulana Karenga

The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry edited with an introduction by William Kelly Simpson. Authors include Robert K. Ritner, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente.

I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy by Fred Lee Hord, Mzee Lasana Okpara, and Johnathan Scott Lee.

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms by Miriam Lichtheim (2006 Edition)

Current Research in Egyptology 2009: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium by Judith Corbelli, Daniel Baotright, and Claire Malleson

Old Kingdom, New Perspectives: Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750-2150 BC by Nigel Strudwick and Helen Strudwick

Current Research in Egyptology 2010: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium by Maarten Horn, Joost Kramer, Daniel Soliman, Nico Staring, Carina van den Hoven, and Lara Weiss

Current Research in Egyptology 2016: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium by Julia M. Chyla, Joanna Dêbowska-Ludwin, Karolina Rosińska-Balik, and Carl Walsh

Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History by Annette Imhausen

The Instruction of Amenemope: A Critical Edition and Commentary by James Roger Black

"The ancient Egyptian concept of Maat: Reflections on social justice and natural order" by R. James Ferguson

The Mind of Ancient Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs by Jan Assmann

Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions by Jan Assmann and Guy G. Stroumsa

Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism by Jan Assmann

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann

Cultural Memory and Early Civilization: Writing, Remembrance, and Political Imagination by Jan Assmann

From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change by Jan Assmann

Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt edited by Foy Scalf with new object photography by Kevin Bryce Lowry

It also relies on the following journal articles/book chapters:

"A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited" by Carole R. Fontaine in The Biblical Archaeologist Volume 44, No. 3

"The Teaching of Ptahhotep: The London Versions" by Alice Heyne in Current Research in Egyptology 2006: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium

"One Among Many: A Divine Call for Gender Equity" by Sandra Y Lewis in Phylon (1960-) Volume 55, No. 1 & 2.

"A Tale of Semantics and Suppressions: Reinterpreting Papyrus Mayer A and the So-called War of the High Priest during the Reign of Ramesses XI" by Kim Ridealgh in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur

EDITORIAL: African Philosophy as a radical critique" by Alena Rettová in Journal of African Cultural Studies Volume 28, No. 2

"Sanctuary Meret and the Royal Cult" by Miroslav Verner in Symposium zur Königsideologie / 7th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Royal versus Divine Authority: Acquisition, Legitimization and Renewal of Power. Prague, June 26–28, 2013

"The Ogdoad and Divine Kingship in Dendara" by Filip Coppens and Jiří Janák in Symposium zur Königsideologie / 7th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Royal versus Divine Authority: Acquisition, Legitimization and Renewal of Power. Prague, June 26–28, 2013

"The Egyptian Temple as a Place to House Collections (from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period) by Roberto A. Diaz Hernández in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 103, No. 1

"Death and the Sun Temple: New Evidence for Private Mortuary Cults at Amarna" by Jacquelyn Williamson in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 103, No. 1

"Mery-Maat, An Eighteenth Dynasty iry '3 pr pth From Memphis and His Hypothetical Family" by Rasha Metawi in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 101, 2015

"A New Demotic Translation of (Excerpts of) A Chapter of The "Book of the Dead" by Joachim Friedrich Quack in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 100, 2014

"The Shedshed of Wepwawet: An Artistic and Behavioural Interpretation" by Linda Evans in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 97, 2011

"(De)queering Hatshepsut: Binary Bind in Archaeology of Egypt and Kingship Beyond the Corporeal" by Uroš Matić in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Volume 23, No. 3 "Binary Binds": Deconstructing and Gender Dichotomies in Archeological Practice.

"Egyptian Maat and Hesiodic Metis" by Christopher A. Faraone and Emily Teeter in Mnemosyne Volume 57 Fasc. 2

"Maat and Order in African Cosmology: A Conceptual Tool for Understanding Indigenous Knowledge" by Denise Martin in Journal of Black Studies Volume 38, No. 6

"Memphis and Thebes: Disaster and Renewal in Ancient Egyptian Consciousness" by Ogden Goelet in The Classical World Volume 97, No. 1

"A Radical Reconstruction of Resistance Strategies: Black Girls and Black Women Reclaiming Our Power Using Transdisciplinary Applied Social Justice, Ma'at, and Rites of Passage" by Menah Pratt-Clarke in Journal of African American Studies Volume 17, No. 1

"Emblems for the Afterlife" by Marley Brown in Archaeology Volume 71, No. 3

"Human and Divine: The King's Two Bodies and The Royal Paradigm in Fifth Dynasty Egypt" by Massimiliano Nuzzolo in Symposium zur ägyptischen Königsideologie/8th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Constructing Authority. Prestige, Reputation and the Perception of Power in Egyptian Kingship. Budapest, May 12-14, 2016

"The Block and Its Decoration" by Josef Wegner in The Sun-shade Chapel of Meritaten from the House-of-Waenre of Akhenaten

"The African Rites of Passage and the Black Fraternity" by Ali D. Chambers in Journal of Black Studies Volume 47, No. 4

"Review: Translating Ma'at" by Stephen Quirke in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 80, 1994

"Additions to the Egyptian Book of the Dead" by T. George Allen in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 11, No. 3

"Types of Rubrics in the Egyptian Book of the Dead" by T. George Allen in Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 56, No. 2

"Book of the Dead, Book of the Living: BD Spells as Temple Texts" by Alexandra Von Lieven in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 98, 2012

"Fragments of the "Book of the Dead" on Linen and Papyrus" by Ricardo A. Caminos in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 56, 1970

"Herodotus and the Egyptian Idea of Immortality" by Louis V. Z̆abkar in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 22, No. 1

"Theban and Memphite Book of the Dead Traditions in the Late Period" by Malcolm Mosher Jr. in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt Volume 29, 1992

"The Conception of the Soul and the Belief in Resurrection Among the Egyptians" by Paul Carus in The Monist Volume 14, No. 3

"It's About Time: Ancient Egyptian Cosmology" by Joanne Conman in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur Volume 31, 2003

"Egyptian Parallels for an Incident in Hesiod's Theogony and an Episode in the Kumarbi Myth" by Edmund S. Meltzer in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 33, No. 1

"The Book of the Dead" by Geo. St. Clair in The Journal of Theological Studies Volume 6, No. 21

"The Egyptian "Book of the Two Ways"" by Wilhelm Bonacker in Imago Mundi Volume 7, 1950

"The Papyrus of Nes-min: An Egyptian Book of the Dead" by William H. Peck in Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts Volume 74, No. 1/2

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Weekend Be Like....

Weekend Be Like….

So yea, these are my weekends. I changed my mind in the studies I am going to pursue so I’m going to get a Masters next May. So you know what that means?… THESIS WRITING!

Saturday night I read and wrote from about 2:30-11pm and Sunday I put in another four hours. The discipline in writing is not the problem. The problem is not reading either. My challenge is using the left side of my brain ALL…