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LIVING WITH NATURE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A Lecture and Community Conversation at the Historic Hampton House<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator border_width=”3″ el_width=”10″ css=”.vc_custom_1462895638949{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text]\n

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2016<\/span>
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from 9:30am – 1:00pm<\/p>\n

Historic Hampton House | 4240 NW 27th<\/sup> Avenue, Miami, FL 33142<\/h6>\n

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ABOUT THE EVENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Celebrate \u201cHomegrown Achiever\u201d Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University and the author of Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora<\/em> (2008). Dr. Fields-Black will speak about her research into the history of West African rice production. Mangrove rice farming techniques used hundreds of years ago by farmers in West Africa’s Rice Coast later played a key role in the commercial rice industries in the American South.<\/p>\n

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The event is free, but registration is requested and space is limited.
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Dr. Fields-Black is an Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University, where she specializes in early and pre-colonial African history whose research interests extend into the African Diaspora. Fields-Black\u2019s book Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (2008) uses a unique blend of interdisciplinary sources and methods to chronicle the development of tidal rice-growing technology by the inhabitants of the West African Rice Coast region, the region where the majority of captives disembarking in South Carolina and Georgia originated. By integrating linguistic evidence, biological and botanical studies of mangrove ecosystems, oral traditions, and travelers\u2019 accounts from the first European traders to visit the coastal region, Deep Roots reconstructs a historical period pre-dating the first written sources for the region and beginning more than a millennium before the trans-Atlantic slave trade when both West African rice and rice farmers became important commodities. Fields-Black is also collaborating with internationally acclaimed artists, painter Jonathan Green and filmmaker Julie Dash, to produce The Requiem for Rice which begins as a lamentation for the souls of the dead who were enslaved, exploited, and brutalized on Lowcountry South Carolina and Georgia\u2019s rice plantations; many remain unburied, their graves unmarked, and their tragedies unmourned. It ends in celebration of the critical role enslaved Africans\u2019 ingenuity, technology, and industry played in the economy of the US South. Fields-Black is writing the libretto on which The Requiem is based. Dr. Fields-Black is a consultant for \u201cThe Power of Place: The Rice Fields of the Lowcountry\u201d permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, SC, the \u201cFrom Slavery to Freedom\u201d permanent exhibition for the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA.”<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/i>\r\n\r\n \r\n Thanks! <\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1462899372593{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Other speakers will discuss current environmental issues threatening our land and communities. Did you know that climate change and sea level rise are likely to trigger a new wave of gentrification in our area? How can we come together to recognize the value of our land and our heritage? How can history and culture help us defend our place in Miami?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]\n
9:30am
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Registration and Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9:45am
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Opening Remarks and Welcome
\n<\/strong>Dr. Hilary Jones, Associate Professor, Department of History and African & African Diaspora Studies Program, FIU
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10:00am – 11:00am
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The Work of Our Hands: Rice and Rice Farmers in West Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast
\n<\/strong>Lecture by Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black<\/em><\/p>\n

Go on a journey to West Africa\u2019s Upper Guinea Coast to learn about one of Africa\u2019s best kept secrets, agricultural technology that made the Upper Guinea Coast West Africa\u2019s \u201cbread basket\u201d hundreds of years before the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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11:00am – 11:15am
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Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

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11:15am – 12:15pm
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What is Our Land Worth?
\n<\/strong>Brief Presentations and Small Group Discussions<\/em><\/p>\n

Hear about the threats from sea level rise in Miami-Dade and how it is likely to affect property values and residential patterns. Discuss strategies to organize and prioritize.<\/p>\n

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12:15pm – 12:30pm
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Closing Discussion and Wrap-Up
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12:30pm – 1:00pm<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Book Signing with Dr. Fields-Black<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces”][vc_column][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1462901855739{margin-top: 80px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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