A great, new article -- Habshi Histories, Sidi Ceremonies: Sites of African Diasporic Heritage in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, by Jazmin Graves Eyssallenne. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another terrific, new article -- We Remember Through the Spirit: Yoruba Intangible Heritage, Diasporic Belonging, and the Cultural Work of Aladura Churches in the UK, by Anna Catalani. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A terrific new article, available open access -- Introducing African Mobilities and Heritage in the Indian Ocean World, by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A fascinating new article on African diasporas in India -- Island Fort Janjira: Living Memories and Heritage, by Beheroze Shroff and Sonal Mehta, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #MemoryStudies

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 14, Issue 2 (July 2025) www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1... In the Footsteps of Nat Turner An Archaeology of a Gullah Geechee Fishing Village Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Legacies of Anti-Blackness at Fort Mose

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Another great, new article -- Waiting on the Tide: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Legacies of Anti-Blackness at Fort Mose, by Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Ibarrola, J. African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #Florida #FortMose

A great, new article -- "An Archaeology of a Gullah Geechee Fishing Village: An Afrofuturist Perspective," by Jodi A. Barnes, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfroFuturism #GullahGeechee

New article! The Kızlar Ağası in the Early Modern Period: Reconstructing Perceptions of the Chief Harem Eunuch of the Ottoman Empire through Contemporary Narratives, by Faaeza Jasdanwalla-Williams, J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"From Plantations to Military: Heritage of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka," by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya, J. African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, open access, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #IndianOceanRegion #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #SriLanka

An excellent new article -- In the Footsteps of Nat Turner: Interpreting the Southampton Insurrection Battlefield, by Garrett R. Fesler, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HistoricalArchaeology #rebellion #insurrection #slavery

The June 2025 issue of the African Diaspora Archaeology Network Newsletter is now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0625/new....

March 2025 African Diaspora Archaeology Network Newsletter Happy Springtime! The March 2025 issue of the Newsletter is now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0325/new.... Best wishes, Chris Fennell #Archaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #HistoricalArchaeology

Looking forward to the upcoming co-authored publication with @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social, "'Now Our Remembered are Forgotten:' An Archaeology of the National Transgender Memorial Site in the UK", coming July 2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏺 www.routledge.com/Combating-Op...

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 14, Issue 1 (March 2025) Our March issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1.... #HistoricalArchaeology #Argentina #Brazil #Barbados

Afro-diasporic Expressions in Contexts of Invisibility: A Study of a Cemetery and Afro-Argentine Dwellings of the Twentieth Century, by Alejandro Richard, J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #HistoricalArchaeology #AfroArgentina #cemetery

New book -- "Combating Oppression with New Commemorations" examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage. www.routledge.com/Combating-Op...

Archaeology of the African Diaspora Christopher C. Fennell doi.org/10.1093/acre... Published online: 19 February 2025 Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by Mark Aldenderfer. New York: Oxford University Press #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfricanHeritage

The Siddis of Karnataka: Religiosity, Africanity and the Struggle Against Discrimination, by Andreas Hofbauer, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. doi.org/10.1080/2161... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #India #Karnataka #Siddis #caste #race

More Complicated Than Meal, Meat, and Molasses: Historicizing Enslaved Rations in the Southern United States, by Matthew C. Greer, J. of African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #Archaeology #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #Foodways #Plantations #Slavery #FoodRations

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 13, Issue 3 (Nov. 2024) Our November issue is available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1... #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #AfricanDiaspora #Repatriation #Tanzania #MilitaryHistory #AfricanHeritage #HistoricalArchaeology

Uncovering Histories: Archaeology and the Contemporary Struggles of Quilombola Communities in the Amazon, by Diogo Menezes Costa, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Brazil #AmazonRegion #slavery #emancipation #maroonage

“Their Veneration for Every Thing Connected with the Grave”: Evidence of an Afro-Barbadian Burial Ground at Society Plantation, Barbados, West Indies, by Matthew C. Reilly, Brian Whiting & Newlands Greenidge, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas

Greetings! The December 2024 issue of the Newsletter now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news1224/new.... Best wishes for a great holiday season! Chris Fennell #Archaeology #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology

Restitution and Repatriation of Ancestral, Human Remains from Colonial Contexts in Tanzania, by Maximilian Felix Chami, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Repatriation #Tanzania #colonialism

New, open access article -- Bioarchaeological Approaches to African Diasporas in the Twenty-First Century: Intercontinental and Global Legacies of Displacement, by Kristrina A. Shuler and Andreana S. Cunningham Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 13, Issue 2 (July 2024) Our July issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1.... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #SenegalHistory #ChicagoHistory #ConvictLeasing

Nominations for the 2025 Mark E. Mack Community Engagement Award are due by Nov. 4. Honors projects with best practices in community collaboration, engagement, and outreach in historical archaeology and heritage preservation. sha.org/about-us/awa....

Experiments in Cotton and Conversion: Post-Abolition Labor and Community at the Mission of St. Joseph, Senegal, by Johanna Alaimo Pacyga, J. of African Diaspora Arch'y & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #HistoricalArchaeology

Valongo, the Place of the Ancestors: Spiritual Practices among Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, by Tania Andrade Lima. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, open-access, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology

Coming soon from Routledge Press: "Grappling with Monuments of Oppression: Moving from Analysis to Activism," edited by Christopher C Fennell. www.routledge.com/Grappling-wi...

Medicine, Reproduction, and Women’s Health at the Orange Valley Plantation, Jamaica, by Jacqueline Woodruff, Richard Veit, and Nicola Kelly. J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #Jamaica #Caribbean #MedicalHistory

Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 12, Issues 2&3 (July, Nov. 2023) is available online. tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1.... #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #Brazil #Haiti #Portugal #NewJersey #Caribbean

Renegotiating and Theorizing Heritage in the Context of “Disaster” in the Caribbean: The Entanglement of Haitian Disaster-Related Histories, by Joseph Sony Jean and Jerry Michel. J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #Heritage #Archaeology #Haiti #disaster

"African Diaspora Heritage in the Americas" Christopher C. Fennell (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) faculty.las.illinois.edu/cfennell/Afr... #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #CriticalHeritageStudies #Maroonage #Emancipation #Abolition #Slavery