The Colonial Legacy, Gender, and Economic Empowerment

A conversation with Yolande Bouka, Jennifer Fish, Natasha Lightfoot, and Keisha-Khan Perry
Moderated by Tami Navarro

Part of The Scholar and Feminist Conference 49: Anti-Colonialism, Black Radicalism, and Transnational Feminism

For more information or to attend in-person:
https://bcrw.barnard.edu/event/anti-c...

The 49th annual Scholar and Feminist Conference will explore transnational Black feminism in the context of “third world” liberatory movements since the 1940s. At the height of struggles for anti-colonial independence in the African subcontinent and diasporic communities during the 1960s and 1970s, the praxis of Black feminist alliances proved to be foundational to global anti-racist and anti-imperial radicalism. We aim to consider how Black feminist solidarity was forged across a broader geopolitical frame that includes the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, strengthening local mobilizations and generating new transnational liberatory possibilities. We will also chronicle the evolution of transnational Black feminism since then, and how the shift from anti-colonialism to neoliberalism impacted the radical possibilities embedded in attempts at self-determination and collaboration across geographic divides.

Co-sponsored by The Transnational Black Feminisms Working Group and the Center for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia University