It's so nice when the book finds it way to readers who helped along the way!

Just got in the mail the new book The Driver’s Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery by dear historian Randy Browne #slaveryarchive

Winds of commencement at Howard University

A happy morning down here: finally received the magnificent Onze Koloniale Erfenis edited by Wayne Modest and Wendeline Flores, with my essay in Dutch: “Suiker, het witte goud: Afrika in Nederlands-Brazilië #slaveryarchive

Ethiopie : Addis-Abeba se modernise à marche forcée depuis des années. Mais c'est la première fois que les bulldozers s'attaquent aussi massivement et brusquement au quartier emblématique de Piassa, coeur historique de la capitale éthiopienne.
information.tv5monde.com/culture/addis-…

Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds theguardian.com/global-develop…

Modest like a white male academic: 'I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book ' .' It is already being called an epic and attracting favorable comparisons with the Iliad, Moby Dick, and Gone With the Wind Don’t be the last one on your block to get a copy 😂❤️

Welkom allen op vrijdagavond 3 mei in Amsterdam, bij de presentatie van dit fantastische boek! Aanmelding wordt zeer op prijs gesteld: --->[email protected]
Ewald Engelen Menno Grootveld Toby Green Thomas Fazi

The United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation: 583 per 100,000 residents prisonpolicy.org

« Haïti brûle, cessons de regarder ailleurs. »
Un appel du conseil d’administration de la Fondation pour la mémoire de l’esclavage en faveur du peuple haïtien.
Pour lire l'appel du CA de la FME👇
memoire-esclavage.org/declaration-du…

Je le sais depuis environ 25 ans. Il a produit plusieurs magnifiques aquarelles représentant les populations amérindiennes brésiliennes.

will need a massage therapist after I finish these book proofs/index, though an exorcist will probably be the most affordable option... 😆

while I run against the clock to fix my overcorrections to book proofs, check this new book that came in the mail yesterday.

Primeiro dia de um mês na sede de The @Guardian em Londres (em maio, de volta ao Rio!) e tem matéria na edição impressa do jornal:

o esforço pra reparar a perseguição que a Marinha promove, há mais de 100 anos, contra João Cândido, o Almirante Negro

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Excited to share that Black Folk has been awarded with a 2024 Philip Taft Labor History Prize! What a joy to have my work recognized by my peers, it means the world to me!!!!

João Cândido, the Brazilian Black Sailor known as Black Admiral, who led the Revolt of the Lash (Revolta da Chibata) may finally get justice. A monument honoring him was unveiled in Rio years ago, now a prosecutor is asking $ reparations #slaveryarchive theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

One year of war in Sudan, hunger and genocide, with more than 8 million people forced to escape and leave their homes and more than 14,000 people killed, though numbers are probably higher. Another humanitarian crisis in Africa going underreported. npr.org/2024/04/15/124…

Kom ook, voor uniek mondiaal perspectief op de desastreuze gevolgen van de Corona maatregelen. Thomas Fazi en Toby Green laten overtuigend zien dat de maatregelen neoliberale kloven hebben verscherpt en dus nooit door 'links' gesteund hadden moeten worden.

P. Gabrielle Foreman Yes! “Terrell had named her daughter for Phillis Wheatley, bringing the trials of an enslaved woman and poet of the 18th century into the politics of the 20th.” nytimes.com/2020/06/18/sty…

Thanks to everyone who found the time to come to my book launch
for the January 6 volume in New Orleans ! It was great to see you!