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The Writer as Memory Activist
Read more: The Writer as Memory ActivistAntonia Wimbush explores how cultural works preserve the overlooked memories of Caribbean migration to France through the BUMIDOM program and challenge France’s national narrative.

The Art of Kharita Dispatching in the Late 19th Century Afghanistan
Kharita dispatching On 2 Ramadan 1316 AH/ 15 January 1899, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan of Afghanistan (r. 1880–1901), sent an official letter, categorised as murāsala, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India (in office, 1898–1911). Eventually, the ceremonially-illuminated letter…