Unit 3: Queens and Mothers

Description: "Professor Kisha Tracy (English Studies) presents a discussion of The Medieval Black Mother. Centering artistic and literary representations of the Black Madonna and the African mother of empires, Sogolon Condé - thus, focusing especially on religious and ruling figures - this presentation explores the Black Mother in the global medieval period, a figure that has rarely been centralized, as well as make connections to the modern image of the Black Mother (for instance, statistics about pregnancy issues for Black mothers, etc.)."