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We Honor and Celebrate Marielle Franco!
We Honor and Celebrate Marielle Franco! The Daughters of the African Atlantic Fund abhors the murder of black Brazilian activist Marielle Franco. In solidarity with movements for black empowerment in Brazil, we share Kia Caldwell, Wendi Muse, Tianna Paschel,...
Afro-Brazilian Retentions: A Reservoir for Deepening Diasporic Knowledge
Afro-Brazilian Retentions: A Reservoir for Deepening Diasporic Knowledge by Katie G. Cannon Introduction When the Society for the Study of Black Religion (SSBR) announced a 2012 travel-study seminar to Brazil, my response was an immediate “Yes, I want to go.” I…
“The Hinges Upon Which the Future Swings”
Teaching Afrocentric Ethics: “The Hinges upon Which the Future Swings” by Katie Geneva Cannon Introduction In 1970, as a Youth Advisory Delegate for the United Presbyterian Church’s Fund for the Self-Development of People,[i] I underwent a transformative…
Gender and Resistance Work in South Africa
Gender and Resistance Work in South Africa: An Interview with Dr. Miranda Pillay by Evelyn Parker While researching and writing a paper to be presented at the 2015 International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT), I discovered the work of a scholar, Dr….
Going Back before the Beginning
Selections from a Long-Running Interview of Dr. Mercy Oduyoye by Katie G. Cannon “Going back before the beginning,” is an idea coined by Professor Toni Morrison, who says, “There is always a ‘BEFORE’ that makes our beginnings possible.” This concept of…
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