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  • Ships of Bondage and the Fight for Freedom

    Ships of Bondage and the Fight for Freedom

    Curated by Anthony Bogues and Shana Weinberg, “Ships of Bondage and the Fight for Freedom examines the global networks involved in the African slave trade. This exhibition tells the story of slave insurrections on three vessels including the Amistad, the Meermin, and the Sally, exploring the struggle of the enslaved to resist captivity, gain freedom, and return to their homelands.”

    Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.

  • Video: Africa Theorises (Tony Bogues and Achille Mbembe)

    Video: Africa Theorises (Tony Bogues and Achille Mbembe)

    Coverage of The University of Cape Town’s “Africa Theorises” has arrived – a conversation between our esteemed colleague Anthony Bogues and the renowned scholar Achille Mbembe. Topics include the “redrawing of the global intellectual map,” the “flight from theory” and “scientism,” the waning hegemony of the “Western Archive,” the possibilities of “liberty,” and the “modes of being human.”