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Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery - in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms - continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world? These are just some of the compelling questions that animate Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III’s seminal work on the philosophy of Blackness.

REDEFINING THE ANCESTRAL PATH

“Self-Destructive Stars and West African Cosmology” explores the supernova phenomenon, focusing on the time disparity between a star’s explosion and our perception of it. This project uses cultural cosmology to bridge astrophysics with human traditions and religions, particularly through the lens of West African cosmology. Powered by Firstory Hosting

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