27 Dec Voices from Our America
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07 Oct “Race and Representation in the Digital Humanities: An Inter-American Case Study”
This is an essay detailing the story of Voices from Our America, which is an “international public scholarship project. The explication includes the project’s goals and history, as well as an examination of the project’s content and circulation of interviews, which have been conducted in...
07 Oct American Studies Pilot Course: Music City Perspectives
This text explains the “Music City Perspectives” course, created by Dr. Ifeoma Nwankwo, which launched in Fall of 2009. ...
07 Oct Black Cosmopolitanism
Dr. Ifeoma Nwankwo’s Black Cosmopolitanism is a study of the differences, similarities, and relationships between the ways in which people of African descent express identity, specifically in and/or from Cuba, the U.S., and the British West Indies....
07 Oct Journal of West Indian Literature: Critical Approaches to Louise Bennett (Vol. 17, Number 2: Apr. 2009)
Dr. Nwankwo guest edits this specific journal, and she also creates a beautiful introduction detailing the life, contributions, and need for more scholarly works on Jamaican poet and folklorist Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919-2006), also known as “Miss Lou.”...
07 Oct Interoceanic Diasporas and The Panama Canal’s Centennial (co-author: Claudia Milian)
The text introduces the history of Panama Canal in honor of its 100th year of existence. The text also discusses the many ways in which the structure was more than just a final connecting piece for the global market. ...
07 Oct Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World: Rituals and Remembrances
Co-authored by Mamadou Diouf and Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo, Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World: Rituals and Remembrances is a collection of essays that connects nations across the Atlantic. The text includes a discussion of how contemporary popular, folkloric, and religious music and dance can be seen...
07 Oct “Douglass’s Black Atlantic: The Caribbean”
Description: Dr. Ifeoma Nwankwo’s chapter in this text discusses the life of the multi-talented social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who eventually became a US consul to Haiti. ...