In this public lecture, Dr Konadu reflected on his new work, Many Black Women of this Fortress, a biography of three women, namely Graça, Mónica and Adwoa In the 16th century against the backdrop of the very origins of global empires, slavery, capitalism, modern religious dogma and anti-Black violence. Many Black Women charts how these three women advocated for themselves and exercised spiritual and female power; and agency against slavery and inquisition. In spotlighting their lives, the book grapples with the complexities of modernity’s gestation.
About Kwasi Konadu
Kwasi Konadu is a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair and Professor at Colgate University, where he teaches courses in African history and worldwide African histories and cultures. Having devoted his life to the production of knowledge and the worldwide communities and struggles of peoples of African ancestry, Dr Konadu is also a healer (Tanɔ ɔbosomfoɔ) who studied with his grandfather in Jamaica, in central Ghana and Brazil. He publishes scholarly books about African world histories and cultures through Diasporic Africa Press.
