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A terrific new article, available open access --

Introducing African Mobilities and Heritage in the Indian Ocean World, by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A fascinating new article on African diasporas in India --

Island Fort Janjira: Living Memories and Heritage, by Beheroze Shroff and Sonal Mehta, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AfricanDiasporaHeritage #MemoryStudies
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 14, Issue 2 (July 2025)
www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1...

In the Footsteps of Nat Turner

An Archaeology of a Gullah Geechee Fishing Village

Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Legacies of Anti-Blackness at Fort Mose
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Another great, new article --

Waiting on the Tide: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Legacies of Anti-Blackness at Fort Mose, by Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Ibarrola, J. African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #Florida #FortMose
October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A great, new article --

"An Archaeology of a Gullah Geechee Fishing Village: An Afrofuturist Perspective," by Jodi A. Barnes, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfroFuturism #GullahGeechee
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New article!

The Kızlar Ağası in the Early Modern Period: Reconstructing Perceptions of the Chief Harem Eunuch of the Ottoman Empire through Contemporary Narratives, by Faaeza Jasdanwalla-Williams, J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"From Plantations to Military: Heritage of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka," by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya, J. African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, open access, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #IndianOceanRegion #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #SriLanka
August 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
An excellent new article --

In the Footsteps of Nat Turner: Interpreting the Southampton Insurrection Battlefield, by Garrett R. Fesler, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HistoricalArchaeology #rebellion #insurrection #slavery
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The June 2025 issue of the African Diaspora Archaeology Network Newsletter is now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0625/new....
June 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
March 2025 African Diaspora Archaeology Network Newsletter

Happy Springtime!

The March 2025 issue of the Newsletter is now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0325/new....

Best wishes,
Chris Fennell

#Archaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #HistoricalArchaeology
March 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Looking forward to the upcoming co-authored publication with @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social, "'Now Our Remembered are Forgotten:' An Archaeology of the National Transgender Memorial Site in the UK", coming July 2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏺

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Combating Oppression with New Commemorations
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage. Presenting case s...
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 14, Issue 1 (March 2025)

Our March issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1....

#HistoricalArchaeology #Argentina #Brazil #Barbados
March 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Afro-diasporic Expressions in Contexts of Invisibility: A Study of a Cemetery and Afro-Argentine Dwellings of the Twentieth Century, by Alejandro Richard, J. African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #HistoricalArchaeology #AfroArgentina #cemetery
February 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New book --
"Combating Oppression with New Commemorations" examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage.

www.routledge.com/Combating-Op...
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations
Combating Oppression with New Commemorations examines the ways in which marginalized groups can confront oppressive regimes through commemorations and advocacy of their own heritage. Presenting case s...
www.routledge.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Christopher C. Fennell
doi.org/10.1093/acre...
Published online: 19 February 2025
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by Mark Aldenderfer. New York: Oxford University Press
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfricanHeritage
February 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Siddis of Karnataka: Religiosity, Africanity and the Struggle Against Discrimination, by Andreas Hofbauer, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #India #Karnataka #Siddis #caste #race
February 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
More Complicated Than Meal, Meat, and Molasses: Historicizing Enslaved Rations in the Southern United States, by Matthew C. Greer, J. of African Diaspora Archaeology & Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#Archaeology #AfricanDiasporaHeritage #Foodways #Plantations #Slavery #FoodRations
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, Vol. 13, Issue 3 (Nov. 2024)

Our November issue is available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjaf20/1...

#Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #AfricanDiaspora #Repatriation #Tanzania #MilitaryHistory #AfricanHeritage #HistoricalArchaeology
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Uncovering Histories: Archaeology and the Contemporary Struggles of Quilombola Communities in the Amazon, by Diogo Menezes Costa, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Brazil #AmazonRegion #slavery #emancipation #maroonage
January 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Their Veneration for Every Thing Connected with the Grave”: Evidence of an Afro-Barbadian Burial Ground at Society Plantation, Barbados, West Indies, by Matthew C. Reilly, Brian Whiting & Newlands Greenidge, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas
January 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Greetings!

The December 2024 issue of the Newsletter now available at www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news1224/new....

Best wishes for a great holiday season!
Chris Fennell

#Archaeology #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology
December 24, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Restitution and Repatriation of Ancestral, Human Remains from Colonial Contexts in Tanzania, by Maximilian Felix Chami, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161...

#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Repatriation #Tanzania #colonialism
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
New, open access article --
Bioarchaeological Approaches to African Diasporas in the Twenty-First Century: Intercontinental and Global Legacies of Displacement, by Kristrina A. Shuler and Andreana S. Cunningham
Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161...
October 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM