The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies presents

DAAS Diasporic Dialogues:
A Conversation with Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Author of "Finding La Negrita"

with Frieda Ekotto
Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, and Francophone Studies

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2023
4 p.m., 4701 Haven Hall

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Can’t make it? Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94658112900
Questions? Email ecnirp@umich.edu

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Ph.D. is a professor of African Diasporic literature. Her historical fiction novel, Finding La Negrita was published by Jaded Ibis Press in fall 2022. She focused her first book on Sarah Baartman in Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman (Palgrave 2011).

Gordon-Chipembere’s writing has also been published in Essence Magazine along with a monthly series, “Musings from an Afro-Costa Rican” in the Tico Times. She is a Senior Co-editor with Dr. Eduardo Paulino of the AfroLatin@ Diasporas Book Series from Palgrave, where they prioritize the voices of emerging Afro-Latin@ scholars. Her current writing focuses on slavery and the legacy of Afro-descendants in Latin America.

Gordon-Chipembere is the founder and host of the annual Tengo Sed Writing Retreats in Costa Rica, an exclusive gathering of global BIPOC writers in Costa Rica for a week. She was born in New York to Costa Rican/Panamanian parents and eventually moved to Costa Rica eight years ago with her husband and two children.