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
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E05 - The African Diaspora in Latin America: Telling Our Stories 

    S01 E05 - The African Diaspora in Latin America: Telling Our Stories 

    This episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad features Dr. Sherwin K. Bryant, an Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at Northwestern University. He specializes in the history of the African Diaspora and questi...

    Jun 14 2021
    Jun 14 2021
    21:19

  • S01 E04 - A Passion for Portuguese, Poetry, and Afro-Brazilian Studies

    S01 E04 - A Passion for Portuguese, Poetry, and Afro-Brazilian Studies

    Luana Reis, born and raised in Bahia, Brazil, is a poet, educator, and scholar. In this episode, she explores the importance of Portuguese in the African diaspora. As founder and president of the ADDverse Poetry Collective, she br...

    Jun 07 2021
    Jun 07 2021
    29:19

  • S01 E03 - Afro-Mexicans, Migration, and the Permutations of Race

    S01 E03 - Afro-Mexicans, Migration, and the Permutations of Race

    This episode features Dr. Jennifer A. Jones, a native of Chicago and a sociologist specializing in contemporary transnational Afro-Mexican studies. She discusses the way race is made in Latin America through her experiences in bot...

    May 31 2021
    May 31 2021
    34:07

  • S01 E02 - Solidarities, Activism, and Ethnic Studies

    S01 E02 - Solidarities, Activism, and Ethnic Studies

    In this episode of Dialogues in Afro-Latinidad Dr. Eddie Bonilla, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Latinx Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, chats with our host Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez on solidarities within different Ethnic U.S ac...

    May 24 2021
    May 24 2021
    29:42

  • S01 E01 - Brazil, Black Women, Gender Equity, and Education

    S01 E01 - Brazil, Black Women, Gender Equity, and Education

    In the first episode of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad our host, Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, chats with Dr. Kia Lily Caldwell, a social-cultural Anthropologist and professor of African American and African Diaspora studies at the Univer...

    May 17 2021
    May 17 2021
    23:29