Black Empire

"In this strikingly original and rich study, Michelle Ann Stephens makes wonderful use of geography to remap early-twentieth-century black nationalism beyond the confines of national boundaries. With great acuity, she shows how three different radical Caribbean intellectuals imagined an international black empire that extended from the Americas to Africa and Europe. "Black Empire" brings a genuinely new perspective to bear on the complex interconnections of citizenship and Diaspora, gender and freedom, race and sovereignty."--Amy Kaplan, author of "The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture"

Michelle Ann Stephens is an assistant professor of English, American Studies, and African American Studies at Mount Holyoke College.