"Black is the Journey"

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | By weaving together her personal history with that of France and its abiding myth of color-blindness, Maboula Soumahoro highlights the banality and persistence of structural racism in France today, and shows that freedom will be found in the journey and movement between the sites of the Atlantic triangle. Africana is the name of that freedom.

Maboula Soumahoro is an associate professor at the University of Tours and president of the Black History Month Association, dedicated to celebrating Black history and cultures.

This event is co-sponsored by Cultural Studies and Languages; Bennington Translates; The Office of Diversity and Inclusion; Society, Culture & Thought; and Literature.

Photo credit: Patricia Khan

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