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Lead in the Veins: Poetic Reflections on Life, Love and (In)justice

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Author: Imani M. Tafari-Ama

Language: English

Published: 28th November, 2016

Publisher: Beaten Track

Edition: 2

ISBN: Paperback: 978-1-78645-113-2
eBook: 978-1-78645-114-9
ASIN: B01N6F3KGQ

Length: 4,400 words (approx.)

Category: Non-Fiction

Genre: Poetry, Politics, Feminism, Colonialism, POC

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Lead in the Veins is Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama's critical synopsis of development concerns confronting Jamaica - including unresolved issues of colonialism and its aftermath; political complicity with violence, masculinity and the incorporation of some men into the prevailing discourse of violence. Passion, love and loss also take their place in this fast-paced text, while the final words are devoted to an exploration of philosophical and existential questions.

Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama, who holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Studies from the Institute of Social Studies and Erasmus University in The Hague, The Netherlands, has done extensive research and development work in the areas of gender, justice, violence, sexuality, poverty and political economy. She is also an expert in the use of development communication techniques including audiovisual documentation, workshops, drama, focus group discussions, face-to-face and telephone interviews and surveys as data-gathering instruments. Her Doctoral thesis, Blood, Bullets and Bodies: Sexual Politics Below Jamaica's Poverty Line (2006), now a published book, is a comprehensive case study of Southside, an inner-city community in Kingston, Jamaica, which explores historical and contemporary connections among bourgeois democracy, urban violence, political economy, sexuality and identity politics to show the complex contradictions that are inherent to the Northern Caribbean island.

A Pan-Afrikan visionary, Dr. Tafari-Ama also lectures on a wide range of topics including identity politics, violence, gender and embodiment, feminism/womanism, and Participating Action Research.

About the Author:

Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama is currently Research Fellow at the Regional Coordinating Office for the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, having just completed a year as Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. Previous to that assignment, Imani was International Fellow and Curator at the Flensburg Maritime Museum (2016-17), tasked with formulating an African-Caribbean analysis of Danish Colonialism and Legacy in Flensburg, the Virgin Islands of the... Read More

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