Sylviane Anna Diouf



Descendants at the Africans' church in Africatown, March 2007

Discussion at the Schomburg Center

Descendants in New York

Upcoming Events

January

Thursday 10 - 10am
National Archives
Washington, DC

Wednesday 16 - 6pm
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

February

Wednesday 6, 7pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York

Saturday 9, 3pm
The Museum of Mobile

Sunday 10, 1pm
Union Baptist Church, Africatown

Friday 15
Macy's Philadelphia

Saturday 16
Macy's Boston

Thursday 21
City College, New York

Wednesday 27
SUNY Old Westbury

Thursday 28
WNYC radio
Hunter College, New York

March

Thursday 13
Middle Tennessee State University

April

Thursday 10
College of Charleston

Friday 18
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS

Tuesday 22
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

May

Saturday 31
DuSable Museum
Chicago, Ill

June
Wednesday 25
Tulane University, New Orleans

July
Saturday 19, 4:00-5:30
Harlem Book Fair
Schomburg Center, New York
Live on CSPAN

September
Monday 22
Manhattanville College

October
Thursday 9
New York University

Thursday 23
Penn State University

November
Friday 7
Bahia, Brazil

Tuesday 11
University of Rio, Brazil


Selected Works

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America
In a tale worthy of a novelist, Sylviane Diouf provides a well-researched, nicely written, and moving account of the last slave ship to America, whose 110 captives arrived in Mobile in 1860 and, after the war, created their dream of Africa in Alabama. Howard Jones, author of Mutiny on the Amistad
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Thorough and ambitious. William and Mary Quarterly
Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies
Readers are presented with a wide range of evidence to show how Africans fought against slavery as well as the slave trade. Canadian Journal of History
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
A groundbreaking look at [the] bigger picture has been unveiled in a project called "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience." The Washington Post
Bintou's Braids
Bintou’s hair is short and fuzzy, but she wants beautiful braids “with gold coins and seashells” like the big girls, but everyone says no. The New York Times
Kings and Queens of Africa
Young readers will enjoy this fascinating look at [some] brave leaders. Children's Literature
Growing Up in Slavery
Destroys the stereotype of the happy, ignorant slave child. Booklist
Selected Book Chapters & Articles
Invisible Muslims: The Sahelians in France* The West African Paradox* Manding in the Americas* Sadaqa Among African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas



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