The African and African American Studies Program and Institute for Ethnic Studies is excited to bring Dr. Sowande' Mustakeem, who will deliver a talk “Ghosts of the Atlantic: Decoding America’s Slave Trading Past,” to commemorate the 400th anniversary of African enslavement in North America. Dr. Mustakeem's band, Amalghemy, will also be playing. They will be performing on October 17, 2019 at 5pm in the City Campus Nebraska Union Ballroom.
Sowande Mustakeem is an Associate Professor of History and African and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her PH.D from Michigan state University studying Comparative Black history in 2008. She is the author of the book: Slavery at sea: Terror, Sex, And Sickness in the Middle Passage (2016) and her recent courses include: “Slavery and Memory in American Popular Culture” and “Visualizing Blackness: Histories of the African Diaspora Through Film”. Mustakeem’s research interests include: middle passage studies; gender and slavery; diaspora/black Atlantic studies, medical history, violence, maritime history, sexuality, and historical memory. She is currently working on a publication titled: “Blood Stained Mirrors: Decoding the American Slave Trading Past” in Understanding and Teaching American Slavery.
