"Where whiteness was property, blackness constituted expropriated, enslaved, and alienated labor whose conscription in mineral extraction and agriculture enriched white landowners." thefunambulist.net/magazine/black…

Our regular readers will be familiar with Menna Agha’s words about her understanding of Nubian Indigeneity as a set of deep relationships with the land—of which the Nile is a central component. The following conversation is built on a prior discussion about Indigeneity in Nubia

"The biggest rupture my people had to endure is that one created between us and our beloved Niles, and we often do not pronounce the grave offence and the act of unimaginable disrespect that is dam building."

"Indigeneity is not simply a native status or an inherent identity: it is a relationship. It is something that must be continuously maintained, nurtured, and repaired when severed." thefunambulist.net/magazine/black…

🔻 The Funambulist 58 "Return/العودة" (March–April 2025) features the voices of twenty Palestinians, who envision the liberation of Palestine through art, essays, fiction, and poetry. Cover artwork: 'Just in Case #2' by Taysir Batniji ORDER HERE: thefunambulist.net/shop/58-return

📌 Preorder our forthcoming issue "The Colonized & the Atomic Bomb," which mobilizes Indigenous perspectives on interconnectedness between distant lands and peoples 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Cover artwork: Roger Peet Get your copy here: thefunambulist.net/shop/60-coloni…

"As illustrated throughout this issue, the two nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that we commemorate today, had a profound impact on many more geographies and peoples than solely on the hundreds of thousands of people murdered by the blasts." thefunambulist.net/magazine/colon…

"The Colonized and the Atomic Bomb" examines a few of these relationships that partially trace a global cartography of US imperialism.