FINDING LA NEGRITA:The Black Madonna and the Legacy of Costa Rica`s Afro-descendants

October 27, 2023 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-10-27 16:00:00 2023-10-27 18:00:00 FINDING LA NEGRITA:The Black Madonna and the Legacy of Costa Rica`s Afro-descendants The Department of Africana Studies October 27, 2023 4:00PM Diana Event Oval Barnard College A Reading by Professor Natasha Gordon-Chipembere in conversation with Professor Tamara Walker Finding La Negrita The Black Madonna and the Legacy of Costa Rica's Afro-descendants Dr. Gordon-Chipembere was born in New York, and she is of Afro-Costa Rican and Panamanian parentage. She graduated from Vassar College (BA in English). She earned an MA in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and another MA in African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in South Africa. She received her PhD in English at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria. She has taught in colleges in the U.S. and Costa Rica, and she is currently based in Costa Rica. She has published in a number of journals, and she is a senior co-editor of the AfroLatin@ Diasporas Book Series (Palgrave: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14759). Co-sponsors Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) Barnard Organization of Soul and Solidarity (BOSS) Columbia University IRAAS/AAAD Barnard History Department Barnard Mujeres Barnard Spanish and Latin American Cultures Image Barnard College barnard-admin@digitalpulp.com America/New_York public
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The Department of Africana Studies

October 27, 2023
4:00PM
Diana Event Oval
Barnard College

A Reading by
Professor Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
in conversation with Professor Tamara Walker

Finding La Negrita
The Black Madonna and the Legacy of Costa Rica's Afro-descendants

Dr. Gordon-Chipembere was born in New York, and she is of Afro-Costa Rican and Panamanian parentage. She graduated from Vassar College (BA in English). She earned an MA in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and another MA in African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in South Africa. She received her PhD in English at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria. She has taught in colleges in the U.S. and Costa Rica, and she is currently based in Costa Rica. She has published in a number of journals, and she is a senior co-editor of the AfroLatin@ Diasporas Book Series (Palgrave: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14759).

Co-sponsors
Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW)
Barnard Organization of Soul and Solidarity (BOSS)
Columbia University IRAAS/AAAD
Barnard History Department
Barnard Mujeres
Barnard Spanish and Latin American Cultures