Radio Ceylon’s use of the hybrid Hindustani was a commercial call but directly defied the British-led decision to bring separate Hindi and Urdu programmes on AIR. Leading this ideological movement was Ameen Sayani.
Humanities Afrofutures—Poetry as Praxis: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in conversation with Madhumita Lahiri Alexis Pauline Gumbs is an American writer, independent scholar, poet, activist, educator, and “queer Black troublemaker and Black feminist love evangelist” based in Durham, North Carolina. She holds a PhD in English, African and African American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies from Duke University and is the author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals; Dub: Finding Ceremony; M Archive: After the End of the World, and Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity. Join us as she talks about the many aspects of her work in conversation with Madhumita Lahiri, U-M associate professor of English language and literature.