Jemima Pierre

Jemima Pierre is a Haitian-American anthropologist and scholar known for her critical work on race, colonialism, and global anti-Blackness. Her notable book *The Predicament of Blackness: Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race* (2013) examines how colonial racial hierarchies persist in postcolonial African societies. Pierre's scholarship combines anthropological fieldwork with critical race theory, challenging conventional narratives about race and national identity in Africa and the diaspora. She is a professor whose work addresses systemic racism, imperialism, and the construction of Blackness across transnational contexts. Her writing is characterized by rigorous theoretical engagement and a commitment to exposing the global dimensions of racial capitalism and colonialism.