Drs. Thornton and Heywood’s work on Kongo appears on The Root
Dr. John Thornton and Dr. Linda Heywood recently published “A Forgotten African Catholic Kingdom: A year before Columbus discovered America, the king of Kongo led his people to Christianity,” on The Root. To read the article, click here.
Linda Heywood and John Thornton on St. James, religion, and the Kongo
Dr. Linda Heywood and Dr. John Thornton appear on Australian Broadcasting Company Radio to discuss St. James the Greater and the history of religion in the Kongo. Listen to the segment here.
Article by AfAm Faculty Published in “African Diaspora”
“‘Canniball Negroes,’ Atlantic Creoles, and the Identity of New England’s Charter Generation,” by Dr. Linda M. Heywood and Dr. John K. Thornton, was recently published in African Diaspora (Volume 4, Number 1, 2011 , pp. 76-94), a Brill journal of transnational Africa in a global world. Journal Website
Interview with Linda Heywood on African Queen Njinga
BU Professor Linda Heywood was interviewed by TheWorld.org on her book about African Queen Njinga. Queen Nzinga (also spelled Njinga) once ruled what is now the African nation of Angola. The seat of Queen Nzinga’s power was Angola’s largest city, where there’s still a statue of the 17th century Queen, in Kinaxixi Square. “Njinga, she […]
Dr. Heywood comments on ‘Walking Tours of Civil War Boston’
Dr. Linda Heywood comments on the recent publication of Walking Tours of Civil War Boston in the Boston Globe. (Click here for the full article.)
Commencement: May 22 – 5:30pm
The 2011 African American Studies Program Commencement Exercises will take place at 5:30pm on Sunday, May 22, 2011, in the African American Studies Program Library, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline, MA 02446. Dr. Khiara M. Bridges, Boston University Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Anthropology, will give the commencement address. Seating is available for alumni […]
Postracialism at BU: Ruha Benjamin – An Interview by On That Point
“I think that there is no such thing as a postracial society, I think postracialism is a story that we are telling ourselves about where we are in the current history of the United States…After the Obama election, the feeling seems to be that because so many millions of white Americans voted for a black […]
The Enduring Power of Queen Njinga
African woman warrior captures BU historian’s passion Excerpt from BU Today- “Linda Heywood tells a story of how her elderly grandmother in Grenada, who raised the year-old baby after her mother died, would often repeat an inscrutable word that sounded like “boh-wah.” It wasn’t until many decades later, at a London archive dense with forgotten […]
West African Roots of American Islam – Apr 20
The Boston University African Studies Center and the West African Research Association lecture series: Rethinking Islam in West Africa: Legal, Political and Artistic Perspectives “West African Roots of American Islam” Presented by Beverly Mack, University of Kansas Wednesday, April 20 @ 4pm 232 Bay State Road, Room 505 For more information, see the flyer
Undergraduate and Graduate Essay Contest
The African American Studies Program at Boston University announces a competition for student essays on any subject relating to African American Studies. The best undergraduate essay (10-12 pages) will be awarded $150, and the best essay by a graduate student (18-20 pages) will receive $250. Prizes will be awarded at the African American Studies Program […]