Description: Recent African migrations to the United States prompt a revision of conventional notions of diaspora based on the frame of Atlantic slavery. Panelists work toward such revision by bringing together diverse reflections on contemporary African diasporas and how they relate to race, migration, postcoloniality, the Global South, and the Black Atlantic.

Presider

Sheri-Marie Harrison, U of Missouri, Columbia

Speakers

Nathan Jung, U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Kathryn M. Mayers, Wake Forest U

Amrita Mishra, U of Texas, Austin

Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi, U of Western Ontario

Sarah Quesada, U of Notre Dame

SA Smythe, U of California, Irvine