{"id":61769,"date":"2021-10-08T22:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61769"},"modified":"2021-10-08T22:26:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:26:46","slug":"exploring-the-afro-indigenous-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61769","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Afro-Indigenous experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploring the Afro-Indigenous experience<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Indian Country Today<\/a>
\n2021-09-28<\/p>\n

Nancy Spears<\/strong><\/a>
\nGaylord News<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Honor\u00e9e<\/a>
Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers<\/a>. (Photo courtesy of Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers)<\/em><\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The author’s new novel looks at the history of a Black family in central Georgia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers<\/a> is a full-tenure professor who\u2019s been teaching nearly two decades in the English department at the University of Oklahoma. The first African American full professor in the history of the department, who is also Afro-Indigenous.<\/p>\n

Her new novel explores the Afro-Indigenous experience, an area of literature Jeffers said has been long underrepresented and under-discussed.<\/p>\n

The 790-page novel titled \u201cThe Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois<\/a>\u201d released earlier this year in July explores the two centuries-old history of a Black family in central Georgia<\/a> who is descended from Afro-Indigenous origin.<\/p>\n

She discussed the book at the virtual National Book Festival<\/a> event with Karen Grigsby Bates<\/a>, senior correspondent for NPR\u2019s Code Switch<\/a> on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

Jeffers sat down with Gaylord News<\/a><\/em> to discuss the themes of her book and reflects on how the narrative can translate to social justice issues across minority groups in the US<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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