Afrodiasporic Identities in Australia

Dr Kathomi Gatwiri is the author of African Womanhood and Incontinent Bodies (Springer ISBN 978-981-13-0564-1) and an award-winning researcher and senior lecturer. Dr Gatwiri is a social worker and psychotherapist whose research interest focuses on how complex trauma affects the development and life trajectory of children and young people in out-of-home care and how racialized trauma impacts how Africans navigate their lives in Australia. Kathomi also holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Social Work and Cultural Studies, a Master in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a Bachelor of Arts and Social Work with First Class Honours. Dr Leticia Anderson is a lecturer in Humanities and course coordinator for the Bachelor of Arts program at Southern Cross University. Leticia formerly worked as an academic at the University of Sydney, including roles as a lecturer at the National Centre for Cultural Competence and degree director for the Master of Peace and ConflictStudies. Prior to commencing her academic career, Leticia worked in the Indigenous rights and reconciliation movement, including as executive officer for the NSW Reconciliation Council. Leticia is an awarded researcher and practitioner who has a dual research speciality on race relations and Islamophobia in contemporary Australian society and in culturally inclusive and community engaged education research, teaching and partnerships.

Chapter 1—Contextualising Afrodiasporic cultures and identities.- Chapter 2—The politics of blackness: Theorising Afrodiasporic identities and experiences.- Chapter 3—The boundaries of belonging: Misrecognition and challenges of representation.- Chapter 4—The workplace as a racial battleground and devaluation of Black expertise.- Chapter 5—Families growing through change: Dynamics in the Afrodiasporic family.- Chapter 6—Parenting Black children in white spaces.- Chapter 7—Afro-masculinities in an Australian context.- Chapter 8—Resilient narratives: Telling our stories, our way.- Chapter 9—Conclusion: A way forward for policy, practitioners and researchers.