Lead Me to Life: Voices of the African Diaspora
Through poetry and prose, anthropologists of the African diaspora unveil the echoes of the past in the present.
Identity
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Elder
A poet-anthropologist of the African diaspora travels from a northern city to his ancestral home in the rural U.S. South—both as a memory and a belonging.
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Can Indigenous Language Comics Save a Mother Tongue?
Publishers and researchers are creating graphic publications to help stem the loss of Hñäñho, spoken by the Ñäñho people.
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5 Questions About Writing the African Diaspora
In this upcoming free live event, anthropologist and SAPIENS poet-in-residence Justin Wright, answers five questions about the African Diaspora poetry and prose project.
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Confronting Anti-Blackness in “Colorblind” Cuba
In the 1960s, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary Communist government claimed to have eradicated racism in Cuba. An anthropologist explores how racial hierarchies persist despite these official narratives, shaping family dynamics and significantly limiting opportunities for Afro-Cubans.
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The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery
Archaeologists are investigating foodways and re-creating meals prepared by enslaved people who lived in North America and the Caribbean to better understand their everyday lives and fill gaps in the historical record.