{"id":8832,"date":"2023-10-17T05:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/modern-languages-literatures\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8832"},"modified":"2023-10-17T06:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T10:07:02","slug":"the-african-heritage-of-latinx-and-caribbean-literature","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/modern-languages-literatures\/event\/the-african-heritage-of-latinx-and-caribbean-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The African Heritage of Latinx and Caribbean Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<h2 class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tOctober 27, 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t4:00 pm\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t5:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah\u00a0M.\u00a0Quesada\u2019s book illustrates a \u201cLatin-African\u201d history: an untold story that\u00a0challenges dominant narratives in world literature and transatlantic studies that ignore Africa&#8217;s impact in broader Latin American culture. A book that\u00a0defies the separation of fields according to colonial languages,\u00a0Quesada\u00a0shows how themes such as the 19th century Belgian \u201cscramble for the Congo,\u201d the decolonizing war in Angola, and the neoliberal turn in Nigeria are embedded in\u00a0some of the\u00a0most noted authors of Latin American decent in the last fifty years. 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