Linda Heywood
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Linda Heywood | |
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Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
Occupation | Professor |
Spouse | John Thornton |
Awards | 2008 Herskovits Prize (with John Thornton) |
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Institutions | Boston University |
Linda Marinda Heywood (born Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago 1945) is an Caribbean-American historian and professor of African American studies and history at Boston University.[1] Before coming to Boston University in 2003, Heywood taught at Howard University (1984-2003).
Heywood has a BA from Brooklyn College and a PhD from Columbia University.[2] In 2008, she shared the Herskovits Prize for her book (co-authored with her husband John Thornton) Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.[3]
Selected publications
- Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present. University of Rochester Press, Rochester, 2000. ISBN 1580460631
- Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora. Cambridge University Press, 2001. (editor and contributor) ISBN 978-0521802437
- Central African, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of America 1585-1660. Cambridge University Press, 2007. (with John Thornton) ISBN 978-0521770651
- Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen. Harvard University Press, 2017.[4][5][6][7] ISBN 978-0674971820
References
- ^ "Linda Heywood | African American Studies". Boston University. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Linda M. Heywood". AmericanEvolution2019.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Linda M. Heywood".
- ^ "Njinga of Angola — Linda M. Heywood - Harvard University Press". Hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "African Queen". PRI.org. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Linda Heywood, "Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen" (Harvard University Press, 2017) -". Newbooksnetwork.com. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Briefly reviewed in the March 20, 2017 issue of The New Yorker, p.97.
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