Activity – Frieda Ekotto

Frieda Ekotto wrote a new post, Black Is Beautiful, so Let’s Celebrate Black Women, on the site From the President on MLA Commons 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Published in the Fall 2023 Newsletter.

The presidential theme for this year’s MLA Annual Convention is Celebration: Joy and Sorrow. My columns this year have therefore celebrated literary figures and c […]
Frieda Ekotto wrote a new post, Mapping Possibilities: The Poetics of Queering Blackness, on the site From the President on MLA Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Published in the Summer 2023 Newsletter.

My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.

—Audre Lorde The Cancer Journals

Our silence has been long and deep. . . . In canonical li […]
Frieda Ekotto wrote a new post, Talking Race, on the site From the President on MLA Commons 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Published in the Spring 2023 Newsletter

As we grapple with a seemingly endless list of forms of violence (sexual and reproductive violence, violence against Indigenous people, transphobia, systemic racism, […]
Frieda Ekotto changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
Frieda Ekotto posted an update on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months ago

Wow, just tried this for the first time. I am getting ready to read for our Committee. I will get there…

Frieda Ekotto