Event



The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento

Africana Lecture Series: Diaspora
Christen Smith
Nov 12, 2024 at - | Max Kade, Room 329-A
3401 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania

Join us as Prof. Christen Smith explores “The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento.”  Beatriz Nascimento was arguably one of the most influential Black radical thinkers of the 20th century. An historian by training, she was a cultural critic, a public intellectual and a cultural geographer who spoke vehemently against the myth of Brazil’s racial democracy and theorized the Black Brazilian condition from the perspective of the Black Atlantic.

Join us as Prof. Christen Smith explores “The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento.”

Beatriz Nascimento was arguably one of the most influential Black radical thinkers of the 20th century. An historian by training, she was a cultural critic, a public intellectual and a cultural geographer who spoke vehemently against the myth of Brazil’s racial democracy and theorized the Black Brazilian condition from the perspective of the Black Atlantic.