Co-editors: Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of South Florida, USA
Mariela Noles Cotito – Professor of Discrimination and Public Policy, Universidad del Pacifico, Peru
Omotayo Jolaosho (deceased) – Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
Graduate Assistants: Victor Garcia and Christabel Allotey
With funding from a USF Anti-Black Racism Taskforce grant, we are co-editing a volume entitled,
“Surpassing Survival: Black Bodies on the Frontlines of Anti-Racism.” The edited collection will provide more nuanced and multi-vocal perspectives of Black experiences across the African continent and the African Diaspora to reveal a more critical look into the dilemmas, contradictions, difficulties and overall vicissitudes that emerge from our personal, yet political experiences as Black peoples in the world. Our intention is for this to be a multilingual collection. We have collected a total of 26 submissions in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. We are working closely with civil society organizations including the Instituto Cultural Steve Biko, which is our main partner in this effort. We also maintain a Twitter page to facilitate multilingual conversations @surpassingsurv1.