Black Transnational Political Engagements

Posted: 3 Nov 2013

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Kia Hall

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

Date Written: November 2, 2013

Abstract

This paper explores the contribution of transnational studies to our understanding of political collective action. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Afro-descendant Garifuna community of Honduras, I discuss transnational political linkages that connect the community in Honduras with other Garifuna communities in Central America and in the United States. Transnational advocacy networks are particularly important for this community that has faced a history of discrimination and marginalization within the Honduran state. As such, this paper discusses the importance of transnational processes of political engagement in marginalized communities in the Americas.

Keywords: transnational networks, Afro-descendant groups, Central America, collective action

Suggested Citation

Hall, Kia, Black Transnational Political Engagements (November 2, 2013). 2014 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2349102

Kia Hall (Contact Author)

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill ( email )

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Chapel Hill, NC NC 27514
United States

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