The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness History the rulers of the Tribunal

the rulers of the Tribunal dedicated to keeping the republic alive

Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness

Adira Smith-Cortez knows how to turn around a troubled past

In her quest to be free

is sent by boat to her wedding

The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness History the rulers of the TribunalAfrocentrism. Eurocentrism. Caribbean Studies. British Studies. To the forces of cultural nationalism hunkered down in their camps, this bold hook sounds a liberating call. There is, Paul Gilroy tells us, a culture that is not specifically African, American, Caribbean, or British, but all of these at once, a black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something new and, until now, unremarked.