Intellectual Lineage
Neema Githere, Christen A. Smith and others have pointed out the anti-Black, exploitative dynamics of non-Black folks profiting off of Black intellectual labor and not even giving credit. What follows is an incomplete list of who I am learning from and have learned from over the years, most of whom I have compensated (the others are on my list of Patreons I am saving up to support). They are all incredible and I recommend paying them for their work!
Professors whose classes I took:
My academic advisor, Dr. Keisha-Khan Y. Perry
The late Professor Anani Dzidzienyo
Scholars whose written work I have studied:
Sylvia Wynter, O.J.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Oyeronke Olajubu
Asale Angel-Ajani
Obianuju C. Anya
Danielle Boaz
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
C.L.R. James
Michelle M. Wright
Orlando Patterson
Thomas E. Skidmore
Frank Wilderson
John Burdick
Cheryl Sterling
Sales Augusto dos Santos
Richard Butsch
Helena Theodoro
Christy Clark-Pujara
Ira Berlin
Antoinette T. Jackson
Toni Cade Bambara
Kia Lilly Caldwell
Gamba Adisa (name that Audre Lorde received in ceremony)
W.E.B. DuBois
Frantz Fanon
Dr. Christen A. Smith
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
Toyin Falolu
James Lorand Matory
Rachel Harding
Joseph M. Murphy
Sandra Barnes
Amanda D. Concha-Holmes
Patricia Hill Collins
Hortense Spillers
Olabiyi Yai
Eduardo Vivieros de Castro
Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Michel Foucault
M. Jacqui Alexander
Robin D. G. Kelley
Bolaji Campbell
Henry Drewal
Lélia Gonzalez
Sueli Carneiro
Angela Gilliam
Valdinéia Oliveira dos Santos
Benedict Anderson
Kelly Duke Bryant
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Jurema Werneck
Emily Styles
Kwame Dixon
Yvonne Daniel
Aimé Césaire
Kwame Nkrumah
Robert Farris Thompson
Kim D. Butler
João José Reis
Elaine Brown
Salamishah Tillet
Margot Minardi
Emília Viotti Da Costa
George Reid Andrews
Jerry Dávila
Albert J. Raboteau
Roger Bastide
Rebecca Reichman
Antonio Gramsci
Aisha Beliso-De Jesús
Paul Gilroy
Dianne M. Stewart
Stephan Palmié
Manning Marable
Thought leaders I am currently learning from: