Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik, Maghreb Noir: The Militant-Artists of North Africa and the Struggle for a Pan-African, Postcolonial Future (Stanford University Press, 2023). Maghreb Noir expands the horizons of Black Internationalism by introducing new hubs of Black thought: Black Rabat, Black Algiers, and Black Tunis—the cities of the Black Maghreb. Alongside their careers as militant poets and filmmakers, the men and women of Maghreb Noir engaged in direct political action. Of course, I teased her, but she knew that I didn’t mean it.” Daldoul went on to discuss how free Black women, as opposed to Arab women, were with their bodies. Issues of race and sex were intimately intertwined during Pan-African reunions such as the JCC and the Pan-African Festival of Algiers.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2023 15:31 UTC