Books
Negras in Brazil analyzes the links between race and gender and broader processes of social, economic, and political exclusion in Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic research with social movement organizations and life history interviews, this book explores the everyday struggles Afro-Brazilian women face in their efforts to achieve equal rights and full citizenship.
Health Equity in Brazil documents how the country's feminist health movement and black women's movement have fought for much-needed changes in women's health. Merging ethnography with a historical analysis of policies and programs, it offers a close examination of institutional and structural factors that have impacted the quest for gender and racial health equity in Brazil.
Drawing on ethnographic research with underrepresented communities in the Caribbean, Europe, South America, and the United States, this wide-ranging anthology examines the gendered dimensions of citizenship experiences and uses them as a point of departure for rethinking contemporary practices of social inclusion and national belonging.
This anthology provides in-service and pre-service teachers with valuable information and resources related to African diaspora communities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. It fills an important gap in current pedagogical and curricular publications by combining the writings of leading scholars of the African diaspora with practical, hands-on tips and resources from middle and high school teachers and administrators.
Recent Articles and Essays
Kwame Dixon and Kia Lilly Caldwell, “Afro-Civil Society and the Struggle for Racial Equality in Latin America.” In The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements, edited by Federico M. Rossi. New York: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2022. “#MariellePresente: Reflections on Black Feminism, Political Power, and Violence in Brazil,” Souls, vol. 22, no. 2 -4, p. 213-238.
Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2022. “Afro-Brazilian Social Movements: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,”
in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social & Political Movements (2nd edition), edited by
David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, and Doug McAdam, Chichester and Malden: Wiley
Blackwell.
Edna Maria de Araujo, Kia Lilly Caldwell, Márcia Pereira Alves dos Santos, Ionara Magalhães de Souza, Patrícia Lima Ferreira Santa Rosa, Andreia Beatriz Silva dos Santos, Luís Eduardo Batista. 2020. “Morbimortalidade pela COVID-19 segundo raça/cor/etnia: a experiência do Brasil e dos Estados Unidos” (Morbimortality by COVID-19 by race/color/ethnicity: the experience of Brazil and the United States) Saúde em Debate, vol. 44, Special Issue 4, p. 191-206.
Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2020. “Teaching Slavery beyond the United States” in Engaging the African Diaspora in through 12 Education, edited by Kia Lilly Caldwell and Emily Chávez. New York: Peter Lang.
Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2020. “The Contours and Contexts of Afro-Latin American Women’s Activism.” In The Handbook of Afro-Latin American Politics, edited by Ollie Johnson III and Kwame Dixon, 249-270. New York: Routledge.
Vijaya Hogan, Edna M. de Araujo, Kia L. Caldwell, Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm, and Kristin Z. Black. 2018. “‘We Black Women Have to Kill a Lion Everyday’: Toward an Intersectional Analysis of Racism and Social Determinants of Health in Brazil,” Social Science and Medicine, Special Issue on Racism and Health Inequalities, vol. 199, p. 96-106.
Niasha Fray and Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2017. “Communication between Middle SES Black Women and Healthcare Providers about HIV Testing,” Journal of the National Medical Association, vol. 109, no. 2, p. 115-125.
Co-editor with Sonia Alvarez and Agustin Lao-Montes, Two-Part Special Issue of the journal Meridians on African-Descendant Feminisms in the Americas, vol. 14, no.1, 2016 and vol. 14, no. 2, 2016.
Selected Public Scholarship
Interview, “Helping the Hardest Hit,” Endeavors magazine, September 22, 2020.
Interview with The Real News Network, “Black Americans, Black Brazilian Suffer More From COVID-19. Structural Racism is to Blame.” July 30, 2020.
Featured interview, “Inequality amplifies African Americans’ COVID-19 risk,” article by Megan May, UNC Research, June 14, 2020.
Kia Lilly Caldwell and Edna Maria de Araujo, “COVID-19 is deadlier for black Brazilians, a legacy of structural racism that dates back to slavery,” The Conversation, June 10, 2020.
Black Agenda Report Book Forum, “Kia Caldwell’s ‘Health Equity in Brazil,’” February 13, 2019.
Kia Lilly Caldwell, “Sexism and Racism Drive More Black Women to Run for Office in Both Brazil and US,” The Conversation, October 4, 2018.
Kia L. Caldwell, Wendi Muse, Tianna S. Paschel, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Christen A. Smith, and Erica L. Williams, “On the Imperative of Transnational Solidarity: A U.S. Black Feminist Statement on the Assassination of Marielle Franco.” The Black Scholar, March 23, 2018.
Alvaro Jarrin and Kia Lilly Caldwell. “Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism.” The Conversation, January 12, 2018.
Erica L. Williams, “Intersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell.” Black Perspectives Blog, October 2, 2017.