Mapping Black Europe: Monuments, Markers, Memories

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2023

Mapping Black Europe

Monuments, Markers, Memories

Edited by: Natasha A. Kelly and Olive Vassell
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2021: Frontlist Collection

Volume 7 in the series Public History - Angewandte Geschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454138

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About this book

Black communities have been making major contributions to Europe's social and cultural life and landscapes for centuries. However, their achievements largely remain unrecognized by the dominant societies, as their perspectives are excluded from traditional modes of marking public memory. For the first time in European history, leading Black scholars and activists examine this issue - with first-hand knowledge of the eight European capitals in which they live. Highlighting existing monuments, memorials, and urban markers they discuss collective narratives, outline community action, and introduce people and places relevant to Black European history, which continues to be obscured today.

Author / Editor information

Natasha A. Kelly (PhD) is a bestselling author and editor of eight books. She is also a curator, artist, filmmaker, theater director and professor. Her film »Milli's Awakening« debuted at the 10th Berlin Biennale in 2018. Natasha is the founding director of Germany's first Institute for Black German Arts and Culture.
Olive Vassell is a journalist and professor who founded and headed the pioneering Black European news site, Euromight.com. In 2022, Olive launched the BBrit Project which focuses on People of African Descent in the UK. She heads the Digital Media program at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

»As we make efforts at decolonizing the curriculum, this volume offers excellent interdisciplinary points of reference within and beyond literary studies, history, global/diaspora studies, European studies, Africana studies, and minority studies. It offers useful knowledge on Europe and its relationship with its past and present, and most importantly, it helps us understand and think about the current efforts at addressing structural racism and injustice.«
Peter A. Ogunniran, The German Quarterly, 97 (2024)

»This volume makes a meaningful contribution to the ever-growing field of Black European Studies. It effectively brings together activists and academics, reflecting the diversity of the field. It will undoubtedly be a useful resource for scholars of Black Europe.« Sophie Marie Niang, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46 (2023)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Black Europe Contesting, Conceptualizing, and Organizing Natasha A. Kelly and Olive Vassell Open Access Download PDF	7
Chapter 1. Black Berlin Natasha A. Kelly Open Access Download PDF	25
Chapter 2. Black Brussels Sibo Rugwiza Kanobana Open Access Download PDF	49
Chapter 3. Black London Olive Vassell Open Access Download PDF	69
Chapter 4. Black Luxembourg Bernardino Tavares and Aleida Vieira Open Access Download PDF	93
Chapter 5. Black Oslo Michelle A. Tisdel Open Access Download PDF	115
Chapter 6. Black Paris Epée Hervé Dingong and Olive Vassell Open Access Download PDF	137
Chapter 7. Black Rome Kwanza Musi Dos Santos Open Access Download PDF	159
Chapter 8. Black Warsaw James Omolo and Natasha A. Kelly Open Access Download PDF	179
Authors Open Access Download PDF	195

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