The Black and Green Atlantic ― Cross-currents of the African and Irish Diasporas

For centuries, African and Irish people have traversed the Atlantic, as slaves, servants, migrants, exiles, political organizers and cultural workers. Their experiences intersected; their cultures influenced one another. These essays explore the connections that have defined the 'Black and Green Atlantic' in culture, politics, race and labour.

ANNE GULICK is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, USA ANTHONY HALE is currently affiliated with Mills College in Oakland, California, USA MARJORIE HOWES is Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of the Irish Studies programme at Boston College, USA LEE MARGARET JENKINS teaches in the School of English, University College Cork, Republic of Ireland STACY J. LETTMAN is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English at the University of Southern California, USAMICHAEL MALOUF is Assistant Professor of English at George Mason University, USA AMY E. MARTIN is Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, USA DENIS O'HEARN is Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University-SUNY, USA MARK QUIGLEY is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oregon, USA CEDRIC J. ROBINSON is Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA NINI RODGERS is an honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast, UK FIONNGHUALA SWEENEY is Lecturer in Comparative American Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK JONATHAN TADASHI NAITO is Visiting Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, USA