The Black Atlantic also enriches our understanding of modernism
media and communications
and the production of figures that embody it
Spivak's essay hones in on the historical and ideological factors that obstruct the possibility of being heard for those who inhabit the periphery
with Turato likening them to ‘annual reports’ of the compiled text and language of that year
Refaat Alareer: If I Must Die Tina M. Campt The Black Atlantic also enrichesOR Books, 2025, hardcover, 288 pages, 19 x 13 cm "If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale." The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City alongside his brother, sister, and nephews in December 2023. He was just forty four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title