Osizwe Raena Jamila Harwell, Atlanta, Georgia, received her PhD in African American studies at Temple University. She is a veteran educator, consultant, and public scholar, whose work examines contemporary black women's activism, contemporary black fiction, and Africana gender and sexuality studies. She is a contributor to Womanism Rising: Womanist Studies Is Here!
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