LEWISTON – An associate professor of Africana studies at Western Michigan University will give a talk on fugitives from slavery Friday at Bates College.
Scholar-activist William Santiago-Valles will present “The Importance of Marronage as a Concept in Diaspora Studies” at 4 p.m. in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend at no charge. For more information, call the Multicultural Center at (207) 786-8376.
The concept of “marronage” refers to groups of fugitives from slavery (“maroons”). Often escaping within the first generation of their arrival from Africa in the West Indies and the Americas, they banded together and formed their own independent societies that survived for centuries.
Santiago-Valles has lived, traveled and organized throughout Latin America, including Puerto Rico and Brazil. His work focuses primarily on race and radicalism, and his research interests include social movements and popular cultures in the African diaspora.
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