Sylviane A. Diouf

I am a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Slavery and Justice, Brown University. As an award-winning historian and curator I specialize in the social history of the African Diaspora. The discovery in 2019 of the wreck of the Clotilda, the last recorded slave ship to the United States, has brought the story of the 110 young people who were on board to the forefront. Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press) won the 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association; the 2009 James F. Sulzby Award for best book on Alabama history from the Alabama Historical Association; and was a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/​Wright Legacy Award for non fiction. My latest book, Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons(New York University Press) was born when, a few years ago, I was looking for a book on North American maroons and finding none, I decided to write one. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press) was first published in 1998; its 15th anniversary edition (2013), has been updated to include new materials and analysis, a review of developments in the field, prospects for new research, and illustrations. These three latest books are a reflection of my interest in little-know stories. www.sylvianediouf.com