Afro-Brazilian Media Representations

Dialogues in Afrolatinidad by Michele Reid Vazquez

Episode notes
In episode 4 of Dialogues in Afrolatinidad, guest host Israel Herndon, talks to Dr. Reighan Gillam, anthropologist and Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at Dartmouth College. Dr. Gillam shares how her university experiences fueled her passion for Afrolatinidad and the importance of complex media representations for Black people and the anti-racist power of Afro-Brazilian media. She also comments on the impact of the 2022 NEH Summer Institute: Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies on her professional development.