Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal's Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition

By Kimberly Monroe In this essay, Kimberly Monroe, assistant professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a 2020 participant in CAORC’s faculty development seminar to Senegal, reflects on her personal and professional journey to West Africa and the deep musical and cultural traditions that live on in Senegal's contemporary artists.

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