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Papers by Carole Davies

African American Studies Center, 2016

Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls, 2018

The idea or presence of a Black First Lady does not originate with Michelle Obama. During her las... more The idea or presence of a Black First Lady does not originate with Michelle Obama. During her last visit to Africa, Michelle Obama was photographed with other African first ladies at the African First Ladies Summit. While first ladies, though often-powerful women themselves, access power through marriage to a man who becomes president or prime minister, there is a growing body of women writing of their own experiences of engagement with power, as first woman presidents or prime ministers themselves. In this chapter, Dr. Carole Boyce Davies addresses issues of leadership in two different arenas, the first wife pathway to leadership, the rise of women as presidents themselves. It also examines issues of sexuality in the construction of both versions of Black women’s political leadership.

The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature, 2011

The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones, 2008

College English, 1989

Page 1. Carole Boyce Davies Review In Their Own Words: Life and Work in South Africa Ken Dovey, L... more Page 1. Carole Boyce Davies Review In Their Own Words: Life and Work in South Africa Ken Dovey, Lorraine Laughton and Jo-Anne Durandt, eds. Working in South Africa (Johannesburg: Ravan Press/Ohio Uni-versity Press, 1985) 397 pp., $15.95. ...

… : New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics …, 2007

Claudia Jones's Prison Blues.

JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African …, 2006

CON-DI-FI-CATION: Transnationalism, Diaspora and the Limits of Domestic Racial or Feminist Discou... more CON-DI-FI-CATION: Transnationalism, Diaspora and the Limits of Domestic Racial or Feminist Discourses.

Women's Studies International Forum, 1991

Synopsis-This paper explores questions of marginality and canonicity as they relate to African wo... more Synopsis-This paper explores questions of marginality and canonicity as they relate to African women writers. It argues that one can look at African women writers using notions of marginality, minoring, and effacement in order to locate these writers' positions in the context of a variety of literary traditions. One has to move beyond these traditions, however, to view the specificity of African women's writing by examining how these works decenter, oppose, and transform hierarchical or silencing arrangements.

Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, 2009

The authors response to Kevin Gaines' and Patricia Saunders' discussion of Left of Karl M... more The authors response to Kevin Gaines' and Patricia Saunders' discussion of Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones. Claudia Jones

Neohelicon, 1989

theme, appears with fair frequency in Caribbean oral literature-folk literature produced mainly b... more theme, appears with fair frequency in Caribbean oral literature-folk literature produced mainly by Africans who constitute the majority of the population of the Caribbean islands. Various continuities of African oral literature have been documented, the Anancy corpus being the most prominent example. The calypso, which has attained its highest expression in Trinidad, also has an African ancestry, as several researchers in the fields of Caribbean history, literature and folklore have agreed. 1 Additionally, the traditional descriptor of this topical song, used also as vocal audience commendation for excellent composition and rendition, is Kaiso, a term which has been attributed African (Hausa) ancestry. 2 While its form has been identified as African, z content anallysis has focused on its social and political commentary, especially the highly visible male/female "conflict. ''a The calypso's Africa content remains untouched except for passing discussion within the larger context of race and class discrimination. A few studies have examined the representation of Africa in Caribbean literature. Edward Brathwaite in his essay "The * A paper presented at the Second International Colloquium Folklore in Africa Today,

Interventions, 1998

Page 1. THE TRAP OF POSTCOLONIALITY Carole Boyce Davies SUNY at Binghamton In Grenada, the Govern... more Page 1. THE TRAP OF POSTCOLONIALITY Carole Boyce Davies SUNY at Binghamton In Grenada, the Governor General's house conveniently sits on the top of a hill overlook-ing St George's harbour. The mansion, now occupied ...

American Literature, 1990

Feministische Studien, 2020

Mit der »Konjunktur« leben 2 Feminismus und Panafrikanismus sind politische Positionen des 20. Ja... more Mit der »Konjunktur« leben 2 Feminismus und Panafrikanismus sind politische Positionen des 20. Jahrhunderts, die sich verschiedentlich überschneiden, in ihrem Kampf gegen vergeschlechtlichte und rassifizierte Herrschaftssysteme aber unterschiedliche Pfade einschlagen. 3 Aus der Geschichte des Panafrikanismus sind Frauen weitgehend herausgeschrieben worden. Deshalb muss darauf hingewiesen werden, dass der Panafrikanismus von Anfang an auch durch aktive Frauen geprägt wurde. Viele dieser Frauen vertraten in ihrer Arbeit und ihrem Aktivismus ausdrücklich Frauenrechtspositionen. Panafrikanistinnen, die Feministinnen waren (oder Feministinnen, die Panafrikanistinnen waren) beherrschten die Kunst, im Rahmen des großen Ziels der Befreiung afrikanischer Völker international mit verschiedenen komplexen Positionen zu »Rasse«, Geschlecht, Klasse, Nationalität und Kultur zu navigieren. Mit ihren politischen Positionen lassen sie sich in die gegen-1