Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Colonialism, slavery, and trade

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12144

  1. GIS maps crop change in nineteenth-century eastern Africa
    GIS analysis of 1857-1876 explorer accounts reveals spatial and temporal patterns in maize, rice, and cassava adoption across inland equatorial eastern Africa along caravan routes.
  2. Historical movements linked Guianas and Lesser Antilles Caribs
    Excavations in French Guiana reveal material culture linking continental and island Caribbean populations in the 17th century, supporting mythological accounts of Galibi expansion.
  3. Review finds Hall rethinks race in Muslim West African history
    Critical review of Hall's reassessment showing racialized hierarchies developed within precolonial Sahelian Islamic societies, challenging Eurocentric narratives of race as solely colonial invention.
  4. Ubuntu framework reinterprets Descartes’ cogito as relational
    Philosophical critique of Descartes' cogito through Ubuntu relational framework, arguing relationality precedes thought and provides more comprehensive ontological foundation.
  5. Pan-African art exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago
    Project a Black Planet explores Pan-African art and culture through an international collaborative exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, running December 2024 to March 2025.