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Author Talk | Stephanie Evans

Author Stephanie Evans will discuss her book, "Africana Tea: A Global History of Tea and Black Women's Health."

Africana Tea: A Global History of Tea and Black Women's Health is an illustrated tea table book that catalogs multiple narratives about Black women’s diverse experiences with tea as a tool for health, healing, and wellness. Based on research by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans and her work on historical wellness, Africana Tea unveils the roots of Black women’s international tea culture. From hibiscus in Egypt and Jamaica to black tea in Kenya, sassafras or orange pekoe iced tea in the US South, and aromatic herbal teas of California, Black women’s wellness is steeped in tea history. This tea table book traces the historical, geographic, health, and educational traditions of collective care and offers a tea-tasting journal for self-care.

Books will be available for purchase and signing from Black Dot Cultural Center. 

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.

Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans is Full Professor and former Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Georgia State University. As a Professor of Black Women's Studies, she is the author of three books and co-editor of five books, published through University Press of Florida, State University of New York Press, and Wayne State University Press. She headed Clark Atlanta University's Department of African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies, and History (AWH) and was a Director of the African American Studies Program at University of Florida. 

Moderating the talk is Dr. La’Neice Littleton who holds a Ph.D. in Humanities with concentrations in African American Studies and History. Dr. Littleton has taught multiple courses in Humanities, History, and African American Studies at institutions such as Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Agnes Scott College. She is a member of the National Council for Black Studies and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. As a public historian specializing in community engagement, Dr. Littleton works to provide community members access to gathering and preserving history in a myriad of ways. 

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