Louis Chude-Sokei

Louis Chude-Sokei's writing and award-winning scholarship on the literatures and cultures of the African diaspora appears widely in national and international venues. He is editor in chief of the Black Scholar, the premier journal of Black studies and research, and director of the African American Studies program at Boston University.

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

Louis Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped His Literary Curiosity

August 2, 2021 By Louis Chude-Sokei

On the Many Meanings of
Black Diaspora

Louis Chude-Sokei: “It was accents and curses, uncles and aunties, cousins and endless trips to Western Union.”

February 3, 2021 By Louis Chude-Sokei

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