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Traditional histories of Black letters in Latin America have delimited their geographic scope to the Caribbean while also omitting intertwined Afro-Indigenous discourses. Inspired by the legacy of Amefrican thinker LÉlia Gonzalez, AmÉfrica in Letters highlights the Black poets, songwriters, novelists, essayists, and bloggers who have created a counter-multiculturalist literary history on the Latin American mainland. To capture a sense of the variety of their contributions, this book spans Mexico, Central America, the Andes, and the Southern Cone—highlighting the transcontinental nature of the legacy of Black writing and its impact beyond national boundaries. The writers examined in the volume engage with regional intellectual frameworks while putting into circulation a demand for a recalibration of the Hispanophone and Lusophone contexts in which they and other Afrodescendants reside.
Contents
Introduction: Black Writing on AmÉfrica's Mainland: Disruptions to the Prose of Multiculturalism Jennifer Carolina GÓmez MenjÍvar
Part I: AmÉfrica's Poetics
1. Language and the Construction of Gendered Identities in Afro-Mexican Corridos or Ballads Paulette A. Ramsay
2 A Post-Ethnic/Racial Futurescape in Wingston GonzÁlez's cafeina MC| Juan Guillermo SÁnchez MartÍnez
3. Antonio Preciado: Ecuador's Afrocentric Poet Michael Handelsman
Part II: Lettered Outliers
4. Transatlantic Routing and Rooting in Quince Duncan's Kimbo | Gloria E. ChacÓn
5. The Palimpsestic Afro-Panamanian Woman in Melanie Taylor Herrera's Camino a Mariato |Ángela Castro
6. Black Lives Matter in Brazil: Cidinha da Silva's #Parem de nÓs matar|Eliseo Jacob
Part III: Intellectual Sonar
7. Other Forests: The Afro-Brazilian Literary Archive Isis Barra Costa
8. Coloniality Via the Vocabulary of Afro-Chilean Music-Dance Juan Eduardo Wolf
9. Xiomara Cacho Caballero: Linguistic Revitalization on Central America's Narco Islands Jennifer Carolina GÓmez MenjÍvar
10. Reclaiming Lands, Identity, and Autonomy: Rap Lyrics in Rural ChocÓ, Colombia Diana RodrÍguez Quevedo
Afterword Mamadou Badiane
List of Contributors
Notes
Bibliography
Index
