Kwame Dixon

Kwame Dixon (born c. 1960) is a political scientist and human rights activist who specializes on race in the Americas.^[1]^[2] His field of interest is in African descendant people living in Latin America, North America and South America. He is a professor of Afro-Latino Studies, Race, Democracy and Human Rights for Afro-Latin Americans.^[3] He currently works at Howard University as a professor in the department of African American Studies.^[4] He contributes articles to The Hemispheric Institute E-misférica,^[5] He is also a consultant for NGO's like Consultant – Club of Madrid Expert: African Women's Leadership Project.^[2]

Career

He has a B.A, MA, and PhD in Political Science.^[2] He currently teaches at Howard University. He has been a visiting professor at Depauw University.^[6] He was a Fulbright Scholar.^[2] He has conducted field research on Afro American communities in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, and Nicaragua.^[6] He has been a visiting professor in Spain for three years.

Publications

Books

Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America (co-authored with John Burdick), University Press of Florida, 2012
Racism and the Administration of Justice.^[7]
"Transnational Social Movements and the Struggle for Human Rights: The Case of Afro-Colombians," (book chapter) in Rethinking Social Movements: Resistance, Power and Democracy in Post Neoliberal Era, edited by Harry Vanden and Richard Stahler-Sholk (Rowmann and Littlefield), 2008^[2]
"The Intersection of Race, International Affairs and US Foreign Policy: How African Americans have influenced and constructed US foreign policy" (book chapter) in Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice: Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century Clarence Lusane, 2006
The Politics of Latin America: The Power Game, Harry Vanden and Gary Prevost (book chapter), New York: Oxford University Press, 2002

Journal publications

"Afro-Cinema in Latin America: a new cultural renaissance," e-misférica – a Journal of Performance and Politics in the Americas, 2008
"Where is Sara Gomez," SCOPE – A Journal of Critical Film Studies, October 2007
"Afro-Colombians and the Struggle for Human Rights" Wadabagei, Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora, Special Issue on the Black presence in Latin, Volume 8, Number 1, Winter 2005^[2]
"Discriminación Racial y Derechos Humanos: Los derechos de los No-Ciudadanos" (Racial Discrimination and Human Rights: The Rights of Non – Citizens): Revista Española de Estudios Norteamericanos, 2003^[2]

TV appearances

Race and Revolution in Cuba Democracy Now!, 2000 himself^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Race and Revolution: Cuba and Blackness
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Kwame Dixon, Professor at Syracuse University". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
^ Black Latin America on Fire | Dixon | A Contracorriente
^ "SU professors edit landmark book on Afro-Latin American rights". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
^ "e5.2 Film Review - Afro-Cinema in Latin America: A new cultural renaissance". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
^ ^a ^b http://aei.pitt.edu/9575/1/2005.1%20Dixon.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ University Press of Florida: Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America

[autogenerated2-1] Race and Revolution: Cuba and Blackness

[autogenerated3-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Kwame Dixon, Professor at Syracuse University". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

[3] Black Latin America on Fire | Dixon | A Contracorriente

[4] "SU professors edit landmark book on Afro-Latin American rights". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

[5] "e5.2 Film Review - Afro-Cinema in Latin America: A new cultural renaissance". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

[autogenerated1-6] ttp://aei.pitt.edu/9575/1/2005.1%20Dixon.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[7] University Press of Florida: Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America

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