About the Author

Wilfried Raussert is chair of North American and Inter-American Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is director of the International Association of Inter-American Studies and founder of the Black Americas Network. Matti Steinitz is a Ph.D. student at the Center for InterAmerican Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is also co-founder and coordinator of a transdisciplinary network on the Black Americas.