The Black Mediterranean has recently started to surface as a terminology to describe the cultural crossroads between Africa and Europe. It indicates the emergence of a vibrant cultural borderland characterized by growing proximity between African and European cultures in the area of film, music and literary expression. This post is an attempt to situate this borderland in the geography of racial subordination black Africans in Europe, specifically in Italy, continue to be subjected to (for more on the cultural dimension of the story see here).
The last years we’ve seen a rising interest in migrant struggles by European activist networks. Media and academic attention has turned towards exploitative labour conditions (for example of African labour migrants in South Italy and Spain) as well as emerging self-organized movements and revolts (for regular contributions see commonware,connessioni precarie and Melting Pot Europa).
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