Dialogues in Afrolatinidad

by Michele Reid Vazquez

The podcast adaptation of the highly successful Dialogues in Afro-Latinidad webinar series ran by the University of Pittsburgh's Afro-Latinx studies initiative is here! In each episode, we educate, amplify, and elevate the stories, histories, and cultures of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx communities, and their transnational connections. Within 30 minutes, listeners can learn more about the migrations, comparative historie... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • S02 E09 - Centering Afro-Cuban Perspectives in Hip-Hop and Afro-Sonic Futures

    S02 E09 - Centering Afro-Cuban Perspectives in Hip-Hop and Afro-Sonic Futures

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, host Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez speaks with Dr. Pablo D. Herrera Veitia, Afro-Sonic Cultural Fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough about the role of hip-hop specifically and m...

    37:10
  • S02 E08 - Centering Garifuna in the African Diaspora

    S02 E08 - Centering Garifuna in the African Diaspora

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, Dr. Paul Joseph López Oro, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Smith College talks with our host Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez about his research on Garifuna migration and different...

    30:14
  • S02 E07 - Race, Class, Education, and Youth in Puerto Rico

    S02 E07 - Race, Class, Education, and Youth in Puerto Rico

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, our host, Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, chats with Dr. Solsiree del Moral, Professor of American Studies and Black Studies at Amherst College. Dr. Del Moral addresses her work on the inte...

    30:45
  • S02 E06 - Journey of a South Bronx Boricua: Identity, Storytelling, and Belonging

    S02 E06 - Journey of a South Bronx Boricua: Identity, Storytelling, and Belonging

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, our host Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez talks to Dr. Jason Mendez, Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Urban Education, about his journey from the Bron...

    35:51
  • S02 E05 - Telling the Stories of the African Diaspora in Argentina

    S02 E05 - Telling the Stories of the African Diaspora in Argentina

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, host Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, talks with Dr. Erika Edwards, Associate Professor of Latin American History and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,...

    26:43