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In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World, by Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff, has been named the winner of the Twelfth Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, one of the most coveted awards for the study of the African-American experience. Carney and Rosomoff will share [more...]  In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World, by Judith A. Carney and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff, is a finalist for the Twelfth Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, one of the most coveted awards for the study of the African-American experience. The prize is given by Yale University’s [more...] Tavis Smiley recently interviewed both Judith A. Carney, coauthor of In the Shadow of Slavery, and Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All, on his Public Radio International show. Asked about the inspiration behind her research, Carney describes how working in agricultural development in West Africa and across the Americas raised her interest in studying food [more...]
We are pleased to announce that Episode 26 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In this episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions speaks with Judith Carney about the enduring contributions African slaves made to worldwide botanical and agricultural history, that she and Richard Nicholas Rosomoff explore [more...] |
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