Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons, by Maya Berry, A Roundtable Discussion

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Description for Program

This session brings together a collection of scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, African Diaspora Studies, for discussion about, critical engagement with, and celebration of, Maya Berry’s exciting new book, Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons (Duke University Press, 2025).

Sub Unit

• ASWAD

Chair

• Eunice Sahle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters

• Aisha Finch, Emory University

• Jasmine Johnson, University of Pennsylvania

• Rachel E. Harding, University of Colorado Denver

Discussant

• Maya Berry