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drmattpettway.bsky.social
@drmattpettway.bsky.social
A multilingual Detroiter living in the south, Spanish professor, Fulbright scholar in Brazil, and Black Studies author.
Here's my lecture at Alcorn State University, an HBCU in Mississippi l, on the rape of an enslaved man in Cuba.

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September 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
@askdoctornate.bsky.social The #BlackMan stands as a representative of freed Blacks, he is almost entirely unclothed, physically robust but mentally weak, kneeling as if afraid to stand for himself, with fearful or uncertain eyes, and ready to receive the benediction of a white male reformer. Nah
July 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In the writing zone. I am working on my second book about the #ethics of #African #manhood in colonial #Brazil.
May 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
La #Universidad más antigua del mundo está en África del norte y fue fundada por una #mujer árabe.
The oldest #University in the world is in North Africa, founded by an #ArabWomen (Fatimah). #TheMoroccanLectures: Click below:
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May 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My @Fulbright in #Brazil was transformative.
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May 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm in the writing zone again. I began in #Atlanta. Slowly weaving together my second project. The place: #Brazil. The time: 1700s. The topics: #African manhood, #sexuality and kinship. I'm paying attention to the anatomy of the idea.
May 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New look.
April 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#African art is philosophy in sculpture. @highmuseumofart.bsky.social in #Atlanta
April 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The #HandmaidsTale is good TV, it is compelling, shocking, even frightening. I enjoyed it. But, its definition of #patriarchy is misleading. The absence in the series is the racial question. #Patriarchy cannot be understood w/o contemplating racial/ethnic differences. Errol Miller is instructive.
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I look forward to delivering a virtual lecture exploring #Black #Cuban colonial poetry as resistance to Empire. I frame #slave #society as an antiquated authoritarian regime. @SouthernMiss March 27 @12pm Central Time. The lecture is open to the public, QR code on jpg. @upmiss
March 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am honored to have been awarded the Fulbright to Brazil to study black manhood as an ethic of care.
January 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM