Carole Boyce-Davies
Professor Carole Boyce-Davies is a Caribbean-American radical intellectual committed to social justice.
“Building structures that help empower poor, black women to take on the role
of active citizenship, aimed at winning a city of rights, is fundamental for
the revolution the contemporary world requires.”
(Marielle Franco, “After the Takeover”, 2017)
EXPERTISE
- African Diaspora Studies — Literature and Culture
- Black Women’s Writing in International Contexts
- Black Women and Political Leadership
- Caribbean and African Literature
- Black Studies
- Women and Gender Studies
Cover Detail from Wangechi Mutu, The Seated IV
Read article in The New York Times
For 30% discount use code LXFANDF30 when ordering.
LATEST BOOK
BLACK WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Leadership and the Circularities of Power
Carole Boyce Davies’ latest book studies the manifestation of leadership as expressed, narrativized, and represented by women of African descent. It uses the language of “rights” and “power” to assert that Black women find strategic alternatives to the male-dominated leadership status quo and are the leaders of the future.
“Carole Boyce Davies always escorts us across the geographical borders that routinely impede the development of global engagements with transformative ideas, especially theories and practices generated by Black women. This study of the politics of Black women’s leadership—in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, as well as North and South America—is yet one more example, an impressive work for its unusual expansiveness and interdisciplinary grounding in such literary genres as memoir, autobiography, and political writing.”
— Angela Y. Davis, scholar & activist, University of California, Santa Cruz
Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones
Drawing on both personal experience and critical theory, this book illuminates the dynamic complexity of Caribbean culture and traces its migratory patterns throughout the Americas. Read more
Left of Karl Marx
In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce-Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist.
Read more
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora
The Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora is the authoritative source for information on the people, places, and events of the African diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries. Read more
Caribbean Heritage Forum at the White House
Caribbean American Heritage Month was celebrated at the White House in June 2016 with a series of discussions and presentations on policy, millenials, and culture. The panel titled “The Impact of Caribbean Culture on America” was chaired by Cornell University Africana professor Dr. Carole Boyce Davies.
Featured in photograph:
Machel Montano, Award Winning Artiste, singer, composer, Soca exponent, Trinidad and Tobago
Carole Boyce Davies, Trinidad and Tobago/Professor, Cornell University
Etienne Charles, Jazz Musician, Trinidad and Tobago/Michigan State University
Ryan Leslie, recording artist and producer, Barbados/Washington, D.C.
Emeline Michel, Singer, Haiti