This hitherto unpublished essay by W. E. B. Du Bois, the text titled "The Afro-American," which likely dates to the late autumn of 1894 or the winter of 1895, is an early attempt by the young scholar to define for himself the contours of the situation of the Negro, or "Afro-American," in the United States in the mid-1890s. It is perhaps the earliest full text expressing his nascent formulations of both the global "problem of the color-line" and the sense of "double-consciousness" among African Americans in North America.
Black nationalism has been an element in US politics since the start of the twentieth century with W. E. B. DuBois. Presented here is a bibliography of 29 works in this tradition, with extensive notes on each. W. H. Stoddard
On September 15 and 16, 2017, the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University hosted a workshop of 20 archaeologists from across the Americas and the Caribbean. Workshop proceedings demonstrate how a focus on Afro-latin America challenges crucial concerns in archaeology. Likewise, workshop discussions showed the transformative contributions that archaeology makes to anthropology and to Afro-Latin American studies, including deeper understanding of the dynamics of African diaspora, racialization, colonialism, early modern economies, social hierarchies and slavery, consumerism, ontologies, biopolitics, aesthetics, cultural heritage, and contemporary struggles for sovereignty. In this paper we delineate the field of Afro-Latin American Archaeology using mainly the debates that took place in our workshop. Our aim is to highlight how Afro-Latin American Archaeology can contribute to anthropology, to Afro-Latin American studies, and to the politics of afro-reparation as well. ; En los días 15 y 16 de septiembre de 2017, el Instituto de Investigación Afro-Latinoamericano del Centro Hutchins de la Universidad de Harvard abrigó un taller con veinte arqueólogas y arqueólogos de las Américas y del Caribe. Las conferencias demostraron cómo el foco en la arqueología afro-atinoamericana desafía preocupaciones centrales de la arqueología. Demostraron también que la arqueología contribuye a la transformación de la antropología y de los estudios afro-latino-americanos, incluyendo la comprensión profunda de las dinámicas de la diáspora africana, criollización, génesis de las economías modernas, jerarquías sociales y esclavitud, consumo, ontologías, biopolítica, estética, patrimonio cultural, y luchas contemporáneas por la soberanía. En el presente ensayo, valiéndonos sobre todo de los debates ocurridos en nuestro taller, delineamos el campo de la arqueología afro-latinoamericana. Nuestra intención es, también, señalar cómo él puede contribuir con la antropología, los estudios afro-latinoamericanos y las políticas afro-reparativas. ; Nos dias 15 e 16 de setembro de 2017, o Instituto de Pesquisa Afro-Latino-Americano do Centro Hutchins da Universidade de Harvard abrigou um workshop com vinte arqueólogas e arqueólogos das Américas e do Caribe. As conferências demonstraram como o foco na arqueologia afro-latino- americana desafia preocupações centrais da arqueologia. Mostraram, ainda, que a arqueologia contribui à transformação da antropologia e dos estudos afro-latino-americanos, incluindo-se a compreensão aprofundada das dinâmicas da diáspora africana, crioulização, gênese das economias modernas, hierarquias sociais e escravidão, consumo, ontologias, biopolítica, estética, patrimônio cultural, e lutas contemporâneas pela soberania. Nesse ensaio, valendonos sobretudo dos debates ocorridos em nosso workshop, delinearemos o campo da arqueologia afro-latino-americana. Nossa intenção é, também, assinalar como ele pode contribuir com a antropologia, os estudos afro-latinos-americanos e as políticas afro-reparatórias.
It has long and widely been assumed that Afro-Americans have a special concern for African affairs, an assumption resulting from the West African ancestry of Afro-Americans. It is thought that these descendants, like other ethnic entities in the United States, desire some form of continuing linkage to the "motherland." Historically this has been illustrated in several ways: Often descendants of Africa in America have referred to themselves as African and identified their organizations as such (Berry and Blassingame 1982:389), there are direct sociocultural "African survivals" (Herskovits 1958:7), and Afro-Americans often express sympathy for continental "African aspirations" (Hoadley 1972:490). The pinnacle of this may have been reached during the 1960s, a period referred to as the era of cultural nationalism, when African dress, inter alia, was adopted by Afro-Americans (Brisbane 1974:175).
"Alejandro de la Fuente and George Reid Andrews offer the first systematic, book-length survey of humanities and social science scholarship on the exciting field of Afro-Latin American studies. Organized by topic, these essays synthesize and present the current state of knowledge on a broad variety of topics, including Afro-Latin American music, religions, literature, art history, political thought, social movements, legal history, environmental history, and ideologies of racial inclusion. This volume connects the region's long history of slavery to the major political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the last two centuries. Written by leading scholars in each of those topics, the volume provides an introduction to the field of Afro-Latin American studies that is not available from any other source and reflects the disciplinary and thematic richness of this emerging field"--
