Best Africana Studies Podcasts (2024)

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Sophia Jahadhmy and Sofia Meadows-Muriel - Department of Africana Studies, Cornell University 1:07:46

4h ago1:07:46

1:07:46

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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J. Kameron Carter - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine 1:09:00

2h ago1:09:00

1:09:00

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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David Kalonji Walton - Department of History and African American Studies, Lincoln University 44:49

6h ago44:49

44:49

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Austin Lee - Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Boston University 44:42

5d ago44:42

44:42

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Courtney Joseph - Department of History and African American Studies, Lake Forest College 1:04:23

1h ago1:04:23

1:04:23

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Kyle T. Mays - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 55:07

2h ago55:07

55:07

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Erika Denise Edwards - Department of History, University of Texas at El Paso 57:17

21d ago57:17

57:17

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Regina Bradley - Department of English, Kennesaw State University 37:24

4h ago37:24

37:24

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Rinaldo Walcott - Department of Africana and American Studies, University of Buffalo 1:11:52

5d ago1:11:52

1:11:52

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - Department of African American Studies, Princeton University 1:11:50

7d ago1:11:50

1:11:50

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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David Ikard - Department of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University 1:11:11

26d ago1:11:11

1:11:11

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Charisse Burden-Stelly - Department of African American Studies, Wayne State University 44:53

14d ago44:53

44:53

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Scot Brown - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles 47:36

1M ago47:36

47:36

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Shaida Akbarian - Department of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University 43:38

1M ago43:38

43:38

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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David Green - Department of English, Howard University 1:01:23

1M ago1:01:23

1:01:23

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Stephanie Jones and Makeba Lavan - Department of African Diaspora Studies, Grinnell College 1:26:01

28d ago1:26:01

1:26:01

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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J. Marlena Edwards - Department of African American Studies, Penn State University 59:51

1M ago59:51

59:51

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Michael E. Sawyer - Department of English, University of Pittsburgh 1:02:12

2M ago1:02:12

1:02:12

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Dominick Quinney - Department of Ethnic Studies, Albion College 40:40

2M ago40:40

40:40

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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John Murillo III - Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine 1:17:59

1M ago1:17:59

1:17:59

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Deirdre Cooper Owens - Department of History and Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut 53:50

2M ago53:50

53:50

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Martha Biondi - Department of Black Studies, Northwestern University 46:55

2M ago46:55

46:55

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Ruth Nicole Brown, Suban Nur Cooley, LeConté Dill, Yvonne Morris - Department of African and African American Studies, Michigan State University 1:07:42

2M ago1:07:42

1:07:42

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Austin Jackson - Non-Fiction Writing in the Department of English, Brown University 1:10:37

2M ago1:10:37

1:10:37

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Mary Hicks - Department of History, University of Chicago 55:03

2M ago55:03

55:03

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Utz McKnight - Department of Gender and Race Studies, University of Alabama 1:03:03

3M ago1:03:03

1:03:03

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Naila Ansari, John Torrey, and Marcus Watson - Department of Africana Studies, Buffalo State University 1:13:10

2M ago1:13:10

1:13:10

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Jessica Marie Johnson - Department of History, Johns Hopkins University 45:25

2M ago45:25

45:25

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Jakeya Caruthers - Departments of English and Africana Studies, Drexel University 52:21

3M ago52:21

52:21

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Huey Hewitt - Department of African American Studies, Harvard University 48:32

3M ago48:32

48:32

This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers …

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Cona Marshall - Department of Religion and Classics, University of Rochester 52:00

2M ago52:00

52:00

This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - …

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Charles McKinney - Department of Africana Studies, Rhodes College 1:06:12

4M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

Today’s conversation is with Professor Charles McKinney, author of the 2010 book Greater Freedom: The Evolution of Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina and the co-editor of two fantastic volumes: An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee with Aram Goudsouzian from 2018 and the recently released From Rights to Liv…

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Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski - Department of African American and Africana Studies, University of Maryland 53:07

4M ago53:07

53:07

You’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the c…

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Topically Yours- Business Coach Liz Wolfe 35:00

3+ y ago35:00

35:00

Host Deardra Shuler discusses the ins and outs of setting up and running a successful business with Business Coach Liz Wolfe who is a skilled and energetic motivational speaker, coach and trainer. Liz got her entrepreneurial start growing up on a sheep farm in Western Pennsylvania where her family had a cottage industry selling wool items. Ms Wolfe…

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Interview on Sino-Vietnam relations 1:12:48

3+ y ago1:12:48

1:12:48

I am super grateful to have my friend Jon on my podcast to chat about Sino-Vietnam relations in this ever changing world.

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Women's day special: Black Feminism, Africana Studies and Sino-Africa relations 1:03:33

3+ y ago1:03:33

1:03:33

Happy Women’s Day! In celebration of women all around the world, today I have invited my friend Zifeng onto the podcast to share his research and experience on Black Feminism, Africana Studies, Sino-Africa relations with us. In this conversation, we talk about black feminist leader #ClaudiaJones and her creation of "an anti-imperialist coalition, m…

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Megacrossover: podcasters come together to celebrate the classics in Chinese literature 1:49:19

3+ y ago1:49:19

1:49:19

I feel extremely fortunate to have my fellow Chinese lit podcasters join me for a party where we celebrate our favorite stories from dynastic China!

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Topically Yours - Fiber Artist Alicia Evans 40:00

3+ y ago40:00

40:00

Deardra Shuler interviews Fiber Artist and former CUNY Adjunct Professor, Alicia Evans.. As a Nature Coordinator, trees are an emblem of Ms Evans cooperation with nature. She hosted and created with Nassau County AA Museum & the TAAGS Geneology Society, an art workshop for children. As part of Tree friends, Evans uses the arts to transform her rela…

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Stories from a Chinese studio episode seven: Manipulating Silence in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Narrative of No Name Woman 33:40

3+ y ago33:40

33:40

The opening sentence of The Woman Warrior, “You must not tell anyone,” unveils the central theme Kingston tries to reveal in her memoir: the shifting meaning and attitudes of control, power, and agency behind what can be said, and what must be silenced, left unsaid. The opening line exemplifies the prevalent attitude of silence and obedience with w…

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Stories from a Chinese studio episode six: Lu You’s struggle with In-law relationships 17:30

3+ y ago17:30

17:30

Today we are going to talk about a famous poet in Chinese history. His name is Lu You(陆游). Lu You is not only famous for being a prominent and prolific poet from his time: Southern Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) but also for writing about the greatest love story ever: one between he himself and his cousin Tang Wan(唐琬), who is also a famous literary figu…

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Topically Yours - Sacred Art Painter Laura James 37:00

3+ y ago37:00

37:00

Deardra Shuler talks with artist & painter Bronxite Laura James. As a child, Laura spent time at the Brooklyn Public Library where she explored her passion for literature, photography,& later painting. Her African and Caribbean-American heritage & love of stories, design, & color, are all elements in her work. Painting in sacred & secular styles, J…

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Topically Yours - Filmmaker Mariette Monpierre 38:00

3+ y ago38:00

38:00

Host Deardra Shuler interviews Black women in business. She talks to award-winning Guadeloupean/Parisian filmmaker Mariette Monpierre. Born in Guadeloupe and raised in Paris, Mariette completed her Masters Degree in Languages and received her BA in Television & Medias at l’Université de Paris-Sorbonne and her graduate degree in American Studies at …

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Topically Yours - Goddess Empire CEO and Partner Wanda Dee 37:00

3+ y ago37:00

37:00

Born in Harlem/raised in the Bronx, Wanda Dee is a performer who co-produces with husband Eric Floyd their Management/Promotion organization, Goddess Empire. Goddess Empire LLC and Goddess Empire Entertainment is a full scale production company that has been producing Ms Dee's world tours & all-star cavalacade of US & world tours featuring talent s…

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Stories from a Chinese studio episode five: Mulan in the 21th century 28:25

3+ y ago28:25

28:25

Today we look at one of the most beloved Chinese fictional/historical characters in the world: Mulan. I know that many are already familiar with Mulan’s story through Disney’s interpretation: while the Mulan princess/warrior is not 100% the same with the historical Mulan depicted in its original historical text/poem, I would say the essential chara…

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Stories from a Chinese Studio episode four: Jin Ping Mei and Symposium 45:57

3+ y ago45:57

45:57

What is love? What is desire? At one point or another in our lives, I am sure we have all asked these questions. We were hoping that one day we’ll find that one true love, the one we are destined to be with. Reality though, often disappoints. So we go to the must-read classics to find the answers. In my life, I have found two texts that somehow tau…

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Singer,Activist, Lecturer, Actress Camille Yarbrough 1:10:00

4y ago1:10:00

1:10:00

Host Deardra Shuler talks with singer/lecturer Camille Yarbrough who is an award-winning performance artist, author, and cultural activist. With a career that spans over sixty years, several continents, countless awards and accolades, and a few generations, Nana Camille has earned legendary status. Her long running TV Show (Ancestor House), via her…

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Stories from a Chinese Studio episode three: M Butterfly 39:58

4y ago39:58

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M Butterfly is quite a story. The fictional play takes its premise from news of the real life imprisonment of male French diplomat Bernard Boursicot for treason for passing along confidential documents to his lover, after it was revealed that he was unaware that the Chinese woman he had a decades-long affair with was in fact a man, a Chinese spy, a…

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Stories from a Chinese Studio episode two: more fox stories 30:06

4y ago30:06

30:06

So last time we discussed how in Pu Songling’s Liaozhai Zhiyi there are foxes that change into human form, and there are foxes that just stay in their animal form. In fact, the startling “humanness” of a fox appearance is consistent also across many Tang Chuanqi stories too, which are short fictional stories first formed in the Tang dynasty. The Ta…

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Stories from a Chinese Studio episode one: Pu Songling and Liaozhai Zhiyi 30:36

4y ago30:36

30:36

Where should we start then? It would be interesting to start with stories from the Qing dynasty, officially the last imperial dynasty of China, which was established in 1636 and lasted all the way until 1912. The author’s name is Pu Songling, born in 1640 and dead around 1715. Pu Songling wrote this very famous collection of short stories called Li…

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Topically Yours - Vivian Reed 1:01:00

4y ago1:01:00

1:01:00

Host Deardra Shuler talks with 2 time Tony Award nominated Vivian Reed who also includes among her awards the NAACP Award, Drama Desk Award, Theatre World Award, Mabel Mercer Award, et al. She has appeared on TV variety and talk shows both nationally and internationally including The Tonight Show, The Today Show and the ABC-TV daytime drama, ‘One L…

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