Episode 144 of Africa Past and Present — the podcast about African history, culture, and politics — is now available at https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=144/ and on the usual platforms.
In this episode, Edda Fields-Black (Carnegie Mellon University) discusses her work as an accomplished historian of West Africa, rice, and the African diaspora. She discusses the role of linguistics and fieldwork in her writing about rice farming in Guinea and then turns to her prize-winning book, Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Africa Past and Present is hosted by Dr. Peter Alegi and co-produced by Matrix (Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences), the African Studies Center, and the Department of History at Michigan State University.