Quito J. Swan
@qswan.bsky.social
Professor of Africana Studies and History @ George Washington University | Scholar of Black Internationalism | Latest book: Born a Sufferah: Dancehall Music's Insurgent Soundscapes (Bloomsbury, 2025) | 🐍🐍🐍
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Quito J. Swan
@qswan.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Had a blessed time presenting my new 📗 Born A Sufferah: Dancehall Music's Insurgent Soundscapes, with Jamaica's Reggae Unit of the University of West Indies, Mona. The vibes were right! 🙏🏾 to Dave Gosse, Oneika Young, Jahlani Niaah, Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Donna Hope, and Nicole Plummer.
In 1986, 530 DC Metro police officers and IRS, INS, ATF, and US Park Police federal agents synchronously raided 69 Black homes in NW/NE. This Operation Caribbean Cruise targeted alleged violent Jamaican Rasta drug dealers. Want to hear more? Red Emma's. Baltimore. Aug 20. 7PM.🕴️
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Quito J. Swan presents "Born A Sufferah: Dancehall Music's Insurgent Soundscapes"
Quito J. Swan evaluates modern Black internationalism through the sonic insurgencies of Reggae and Dancehall.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In 1986, 530 DC Metro police officers and IRS, INS, ATF, and US Park Police federal agents synchronously raided 69 Black homes in NW/NE. This Operation Caribbean Cruise targeted alleged violent Jamaican Rasta drug dealers. Want to hear more? Red Emma's. Baltimore. Aug 20. 7PM.🕴️
tinyurl.com/f5zmp3mn
tinyurl.com/f5zmp3mn
Happy Mary Prince Day and Cup Match to all Bermuda! And good news! This week Bloomsbury is offering 33% off on all of its music books. This includes my Born a Sufferah, which explores Dancehall, Black internationalism, and sound system culture. Get it here - tinyurl.com/srsca35z! Stay strong!
August 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy Mary Prince Day and Cup Match to all Bermuda! And good news! This week Bloomsbury is offering 33% off on all of its music books. This includes my Born a Sufferah, which explores Dancehall, Black internationalism, and sound system culture. Get it here - tinyurl.com/srsca35z! Stay strong!
Thanks to my colleagues Kavita Daiya and Andre Culbreath for inviting me to do a book talk for Born a Sufferah! They are truly treasures of GW! It was a great exchange -- thanks to all the students, faculty, and staff who came out!
March 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thanks to my colleagues Kavita Daiya and Andre Culbreath for inviting me to do a book talk for Born a Sufferah! They are truly treasures of GW! It was a great exchange -- thanks to all the students, faculty, and staff who came out!
A lickle overdue but I enjoyed doing a Black History Month Book Talk and DJ Set at Bowie State University. Much respect to Mark Bolden and Bowie's Department of Counseling and Psychological Studies.
March 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A lickle overdue but I enjoyed doing a Black History Month Book Talk and DJ Set at Bowie State University. Much respect to Mark Bolden and Bowie's Department of Counseling and Psychological Studies.
Had a fantastic time speaking at Rutgers-Newark's Price Institute's 45th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series: Of No Nation: Black Activism For Transnational Liberation. Give thanks to Lacey Hunter and Honnee Foster for the invitation!
March 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Had a fantastic time speaking at Rutgers-Newark's Price Institute's 45th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series: Of No Nation: Black Activism For Transnational Liberation. Give thanks to Lacey Hunter and Honnee Foster for the invitation!
Had a blessed time presenting my new 📗 Born A Sufferah: Dancehall Music's Insurgent Soundscapes, with Jamaica's Reggae Unit of the University of West Indies, Mona. The vibes were right! 🙏🏾 to Dave Gosse, Oneika Young, Jahlani Niaah, Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Donna Hope, and Nicole Plummer.
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Had a blessed time presenting my new 📗 Born A Sufferah: Dancehall Music's Insurgent Soundscapes, with Jamaica's Reggae Unit of the University of West Indies, Mona. The vibes were right! 🙏🏾 to Dave Gosse, Oneika Young, Jahlani Niaah, Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Donna Hope, and Nicole Plummer.
What's Up New York! I'm giving a lecture on Pasifika Black Pacific at NYU's Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Hope to see you there!
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST
A/P/A Institute at NYU
apa.nyu.edu/event/too-da...
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST
A/P/A Institute at NYU
apa.nyu.edu/event/too-da...
apa.nyu.edu
January 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What's Up New York! I'm giving a lecture on Pasifika Black Pacific at NYU's Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Hope to see you there!
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST
A/P/A Institute at NYU
apa.nyu.edu/event/too-da...
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST
A/P/A Institute at NYU
apa.nyu.edu/event/too-da...