Public Memory of Slavery

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#ASA2014 Featured Author: Ana Lucia Araujo
ByCambria Press November 17, 2014November 16, 2014

Ana Lucia Araujo, professor of history and director of graduate studies at Howard University, has published highly acclaimed books on slavery. Two of these books, Public Memory of Slavery and Paths of the Atlantic Slave Trade are the perfect studies for this year’s African Studies Association annual meeting theme. Her…

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Brazil’s African Soul (BBC) – The impact of the slave trade continues
ByCambria Press June 10, 2014

A recent BBC report “Brazil’s African Soul” on June 4 states that “African culture brought over during the slave trade still influences modern Salvador in myriad ways, from unique art forms to ongoing social struggles.” This is not surprising at all; as Ana Lucia Araujo pointed out in her book Public…

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Cambria Press Book Review: Public Memory of Slavery by Afro-Asia – See this book at the 2012 ASA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia!
ByCambria Press November 26, 2012November 28, 2012

Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic by Ana Lucia Araujo has earned yet another rave review! Afro-Asia commends the book for having “the virtue of pioneer works” and states that “one of the most important contributions of the text is the constant confrontation between the knowledge consolidated…

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