“Yemayá”
by Grupo Abbilona
View and listen to an Afro-Cuban example of syncretic religious practices.
Marcus Garvey at His Desk
1924
View this photograph of Marcus Garvey, the founder and leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”
1926
Read Langston Hughes's essay on the limits placed on Black poets and writers during this period.
Yoruba osé Ṣàngó
Mid-20th Century
Take a closer look at an example of syncretic cosmologies.
Queen Njinga
1830s
Take a different look at Njinga in this portrait.
“A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South”
1892
Read excerpts from Anna Julia Cooper’s book on the importance of Black women’s rights and recognizing their experiences.
Advertisement for Madam C. J. Walker Products
ca. 1906–1950
Explore the impact of Madam C. J. Walker’s entrepreneurship through this advertisement.
Kongo, Christianity, and the Diaspora
with John K. Thornton
Learn more about Kongolese cultural practices merging with Christianity and evolving across the Atlantic.
Kongo and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
with John K. Thornton
Explore the development and evolution of, and forms of resistance against, the Kongolese-Portuguese slave trade.
Convention of Madam C. J. Walker Agents
1924
View an example of the extent and success of Madam C. J. Walker’s business empire through this photograph.
“The Negro Digs Up His Past”
1925
Read this essay by Afro-Latino historian and collector Arturo Schomburg.
Christianity and the Kingdom of Kongo
with John K. Thornton
Take a deep dive into Nzinga a Nkuwu (João), Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso), and the Kingdom of Kongo's move to Catholicism.
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