A Guest Talk by Dr. Maboula Soumahoro Followed by discussion: Respondents Trimiko Melancon, AAAS Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, RCS-Hispanic Studies Safoi Babana-Hampton, RCS Francophone Studies. Moderated by Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, RCS, Maboula Soumahoro explores the cultural and political vastness of the Black Atlantic, where the brutal realities of the slave trade and colonialism tied together Africa, Europe, and the Americas. By weaving together her personal history with that of France and its abiding myth of color-blindness, Maboula Soumahoro highlights the banality and persistence of structural racism in France today and shows that freedom will be found in the journey and movement between the sites of the Atlantic triangle. Photo of Maboula Soumahoro by Patricia Khan. Dr. Soumahoro is an Associate Professor at the University of Tours and President of the Black History Month Association in France. A specialist in Africana Studies, she has conducted research and taught in several universities and prisons in the United States and France. Most recently, she was the inaugural Villa Albertine Resident in Atlanta. She is currently the 2022-2023 Mellon Arts Project International Visiting Professor at the African American and Africana Studies Department of Columbia University and Visiting Faculty at Bennington College.