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2. Blackness in the white nation: a history of Afro-Uruguay
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Andrews,George Reid (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 241 p, In Blackness in the White Nation, George Reid Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues that candombe's evolution as a central part of the nation's culture has not fundamentally helped the cause of racial equality. Incorporating lively descriptions of his own experiences as a member of a candombe drumming and performance group, Andrews consistently connects the struggles of Afro-Uruguayans to the broader issues of race, culture, gender, and politics throughout Latin America and the African diaspora generally.
3. Culture is our weapon: making music and changing lives in Rio de Janeiro
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Neate,Patrick (Author) and Platt,Damian (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- New York: Penguin Books
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Latin American Bureau, 2006., 205 p., Relates the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, an organization based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that employs music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of shantytowns to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods.
4. Damned notions of liberty: slavery, culture, and power in colonial Mexico, 1640-1769
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Proctor,Frank T. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 282 p., Prior tO 1640, When the Regular Slave Trade to New Spain ended, colonial Mexico was the second largest importer of slaves in the Americas. Even so, slavery never supplanted indigenous labor in the colony, and by the second half of the 17th century there were more free Afromexicans than slaves in Mexico.
5. Forging diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a world of empire and Jim Crow
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Guridy,Frank Andre (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 270 p., Cuba's geographic proximity to the United States and its centrality to US imperial designs following the War of 1898 led to the creation of a unique relationship between Afro-descended populations in the two countries. Drawing on archival sources in both countries, the author traces four encounters between Afro-Cubans and African Americans.
6. Never meant to survive: genocide and utopias in black diaspora communities
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Vargas,João Helion Costa (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 231 p., Contents: Introduction -- Genocide in the African diaspora : Brazil, United States, and the imperatives of holistic analysis and political method -- The inner city and the favela : transnational black politics -- Hypersegregation and revolt : the Los Angeles black ghetto in historical perspective -- The Los Angeles Times' coverage of the 1992 rebellion : still burning matters of race and justice -- Hyperconsciousness of race and its negation : the dialectic of white supremacy in Brazil -- When a favela dared to become a condominium : challenging Brazilian apartheid -- Black radical becoming : the revolution imperative of genocide.
7. Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Cuba
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amnesty International (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- Jun 2010
- Published:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Amnesty International Publications
- Notes:
- Index number: AMR 25/005/2010, 35 p., In Cuba the state has a virtual monopoly of press and broadcast media and tight restrictions apply to the internet. Anyone who expresses views critical of the government runs the risk of harassment, arbitrary detention, and criminal prosecution. With dozens of prisoners of conscience continuing to serve long prison sentences in Cuba for exercising freedom of expression, Amnesty International calls on the authorities to stop the harassment and intimidation of dissidents, release prisoners of conscience, amend repressive legislation, and enable greater exchange of information through the internet and other media. Tables.
8. Social Policies in Grenada: Social Policies in Small States Series, No. 2
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lewis,Patsy (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
- Notes:
- 74 p., The country case studies and thematic papers in this series examine social policy issues facing small states and their implications for economic development. They show how, despite their inherent vulnerability, some small states have been successful in improving their social indicators because of the complementary social and economic policies they have implemented. This paper focuses on Grenada, a small state that has made impressive initial achievements in economic and human development since independence. However, continuing unemployment and poverty, the recent erosion of trade preferences, and the changing international donor aid environment have exposed structural weaknesses in its economic model. Tables, Figures, References.
9. Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kath,Elizabeth (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Transaction Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Transaction Publishers
- Notes:
- 200 p., For Cuba's supporters, health is the most commonly cited evidence of the socialist system's success. Even critics often concede that this is the country's saving grace. Cuba's health statistics are indeed extraordinary. This small island outperforms virtually all of its neighboring countries and all countries of the same level of economic development. Some of its health statistics rival wealthy industrialized countries. Moreover, these health outcomes have resulted against all odds. This study of the Cuban health system finds that the country possesses an unusually high level of popular participation and cooperation in the implementation of health policy. This has been achieved with the help of a longstanding government that prioritizes public health, and has enough political influence to compel the rest of the community to do the same. On the other hand, popular participation in decision-making regarding health policy is minimal, which contrasts with the image of popular participation often promoted. Political elites design and impose health policy, allowing little room for other health sector groups to meaningfully contribute to or protest official decisions. This is a problem because aspects of health care that are important to those who use the system or work within it can be neglected if they do not fit within official priorities. The country's preventive arrangements, its collective prioritization of key health areas, the improvements in public access to health services through the expansion of health facilities and the provision of free universal care are among the accomplishments that set it apart. The sustainability and progress of these achievements, however, must involve open recognition and public discussion of weaker aspects of the health system.
10. The hills of Hebron
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Wynter,Sylvia (Author), Bogues,Anthony (Author), and Eudell,Demetrius Lynn (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Kingston ; Miami: I. Randle
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1962., 340 p., Written in the late 1950s on the cusp of Jamaica's independence from Britain, The Hills of Hebron tells the story of a group of formerly enslaved Jamaicans as they attempt to create a new life and assert themselves against the colonial power.