The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women, 2/8
Aidekman Arts Center
CHAT invites all faculty, staff and students to a special roundtable event on February 8th featuring special guest, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, from Stanford University. This event is a roundtable event, with fellow panelists Nicholas Andersen, Chance Bonar, and Kyera Singleton. The conversation will draw upon Dr. Wells-Oghoghomeh's recent book, The Souls of Womenfolk, which examines the religious traditions and practices of enslaved women in America.
About the book:
Beginning on the shores of West Africa in the sixteenth century and ending in the U.S. Lower South on the eve of the Civil War, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an existence for themselves and their families amid the horrors of American slavery. With particular attention to maternity, sex, and other gendered aspects of women’s lives, she documents how bondwomen crafted female-centered cultures that shaped the religious consciousness and practices of entire enslaved communities. Indeed, gender as well as race co-constituted the Black religious subject, she argues—requiring a shift away from understandings of “slave religion” as a gender-amorphous category.
All are welcome to join the discussion and welcome our guest on February 8th at noon. A light lunch will be served. For questions, please email humanities@tufts.edu.
