Amber Henry on "Cimarronando/Marooning!" Palequera Women and Fugitive Self-Making in the Colombian Caribbean

Amber Henry Nov. 8
5:00pm - November/8/2023

Explore how the historical legacies of marronage shape the contemporary political projects of Afro-Colombian women from the maroon community of San Basilio de Palenque.

Amber Henry, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute, University of Virginia, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Anthropology Department and Africana Studies.

Location:  Cherpack Seminar Room, Williams Hall room 543

Co-sponsors: GSWS Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program; Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies; The Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Africana Studies