Casting the George Floyd story in a broader context by Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna

“…There is a need for a conscious paradigm shift to transcend from a negative self-image to a positive one on the part of Black people all over the world. It is high time we stood up to define ourselves. …”
Get full text

Ambivalence and Ambiguity in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Monica Michlin

“…I examine Miss Jane’s almost constant suppression of emotion, and frequent displays of ambivalence towards other black people; her ambiguous relationship to oppressive, but familiar whites like Albert Cluveau or Robert Samson; and her conflicted relation to black heroes and heroics. …”
Get full text

Waaihoek se N.G. sendinggemeente in Bloemfontein: 1891-1903 by R. M. Britz

“…The Waaihoek congregation had to contend with a neighbouring concentration camp for black people. Ultimately it survived the war. …”
Get full text

Representação descritiva em assembleias legislativas: gênero e raça como categorias de análise política by Orlando Lyra de Carvalho, Vitor de Angelo

“…Based on empirical data, this article explores the relationships between the descriptive and substantive representation of women and black people in state assemblies in three regions of Brazil. …”
Get full text

After Abolition: Cugoano on ‘Lawful Servitude’ and the Injustice of Slavery by Johan Olsthoorn

“…On my interpretation, enslaved Black people are dehumanized in three ways: through instrumentalization; commodification; and racial inferiorization. …”
Get full text

The Religious Work of Beverly Jenkins’s Black Historical Romance by Jeania Ree V. Moore

“…Jenkins’s Black historical romance radically continues the religious legacy of chronicling Black history, effecting personal and communal transformation, liberation, and repair with the truth “‘of who [Black people] are and…were’” (Jenkins in Amos et al.).…”
Get full text

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Cameroon: Prevalence and Predictors—A Multisetting Community-Based Study by Massongo Massongo, Adamou Dodo Balkissou, Laurent-Mireille Endale Mangamba, Virginie Poka Mayap, Marie Elisabeth Ngah Komo, Abdou Wouoliyou Nsounfon, Alain Kuaban, Eric Walter Pefura Yone

“…COPD was defined as the postbronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity ratio FEV1/FVC<lower limit of normal, using the global lung initiative (GLI) equations for Black people. Binomial logistic regression was used to seek COPD-associated factors. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of neutropenia in the U.S. among reproductive-aged women: a population-based analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Junfeng Chen, Shuangna Song, Yiran Li

“…Moreover, compared to non-smokers in the racial populations, including white, Mexican American, and black people, the smokers exhibited significantly elevated mean leukocyte count and mean neutrophil count. …”
Get full text

Migration, race, and gender: the policing of subversive solidarity actors in Morocco by Sébastien Bachelet, Maria Hagan

“…This is reinforced by the persistence of racial hierarchies of domination in post-colonial Morocco, which still bear the legacy of the active enslavement of Black people in the country and the legacy of the country’s colonisation by Europeans. …”
Get full text

Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…Although many recognize and support the need to transform departments in South Africa, the rhetoric of transformation departs sharply from the lived experiences.[15] This misalignment between the plan and practice is evident in the underrepresentation of black people and females in senior management teams, professorships in many universities and health departments, and positions of power in some South African institutions. …”
Get full text