Quito J. Swan
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Quito J. Swan
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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) | 🐍🐍🐍
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
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
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
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 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