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Linda-Susan Beard, Associate Professor of English and Director of Africana Studies, on the Lasting Effects of Slavery
August 27, 2019
Associate Professor of English and Director of Africana Studies Linda-Susan Beard talked about slavery's legacy on "policing, white fear, invisibility, education bias, and the denial of humanity of African Americans" with American Urban Radio's Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan.
can be heard on the AURN website.
Beard negotiates between and among the worlds of African American, South African, and post-colonial literatures. She teaches courses on post-apartheid literature, literary and historical reimaginings of transatlantic slavery such as "Toni Morrison and the Art of Narrative Conjure," as well as introductory courses in English and African literatures which examine the dynamics of canon formation.