When I travel, I like to carry a notebook with me. During my honeymoon, I carried a little gold-toned notebook- … More
Category: History
Healthcare (& Related Issues) News Roundup: 12 May 2017
As I mentioned in my previous post, I will be incorporating mapping into my everyday reading and writing practice. Mapping … More
GIS & History: What can historians do with GIS?
Before I transferred to a Geography PhD program, I did not give much thought to GIS. I used it in … More
Wanderlust
Since my teen years, I had wanderlust. I voraciously studied languages in preparation for the travels of my dreams. My … More
Links and News Roundup: 12 November 2013
Solome Lemme, “Against the Gospel of ‘Africa Rising.’” On the continent, despite improvements in national economies, technology, and certain human … More
News and Links Roundup: 5 November 2013
Sarah Kendzior, “Surviving the Post-Employment Economy” “In the United States, nine percent of computer science majors are unemployed, and 14.7 … More
“Re-Branding Africa” and “Africa Rising”: Whose Africa? Whose Rise?
I just finished reading Afrolicious’ “An Open Letter to African Writers, Artists and Creators of the 21st Century” and I … More
Black Bodies, Black Pain: (In)difference, Disparities in Medical Care, and the Legacy of Dysaesthesia Aethiopis
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” – Zora Neale Hurston A study by Dr. Robert Fortuna of the University … More
No, You May Not Touch My Hair: Or Why Antonia Opiah’s Public Art Exhibit Misses the Mark
Antonia Opiah’s “You Can Touch My Hair” public art exhibit features Black women in Union Square, New York City, holding … More
Write Back: Storytelling is a Political Act
“The technology may have changed, but the money still flows the same way: to creators of contracts not creators of … More
The Calculus of Life
Brown body. Gendered body. Classed body. Dis/abled body. Queer body. Transgressive bodies. The calculus of life leaves these Othered bodies … More
Akátá- or how I realized that Afrocentrism was not for me
By no means am I a ‘natural’ citizen here in the US. I have the trappings of belonging- state-issued IDs, … More
On The Anti-Trafficking Discourse and its Material Consequences
(cross-linked with my other blog) WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? According to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially … More
Rethinking the Ontological Basis of Feminisms
“Feminism made a mistake in trying to make “women” a discrete, ahistorical group with common characteristics.” – Judith Butler ”No … More
Indigenous Peoples and Resource Exploitation: A Case Study in Equatorial Guinea
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s site Indigenous peoples and resource exploitation. Who wins, who loses, how is … More
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