'Cultures of healing': spirituality, interdependence and resistance in the African diaspora

• Published in: African and black diaspora Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 68 - 79
• Main Author: Gallego, Mar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: African diaspora; Black people; Connectedness; Diaspora; Empowerment; Ethics; Genealogy; Healing; Health; Interdependence; Resistance; Sexism; Spirituality; Systemic racism; Africa

Concepts of healing and spirituality have remained crucial to generating agency and empowerment for both black women and black men, especially in their diasporic displacement from Africa to the US. Healing has been consistently deployed to fight against the systemic racism and sexism that has pervad...