Scholars of colour and indigenous academics are marginalized in my field (and related fields), but do amazing work despite the challenges they face.
@RomanAegyptiaca talks about her research on Egyptian-Roman interactions, and the difficulties of being Black in Classics: https://bit.ly/2R7qh0r 
@MelinaSeabrook wrote this amazing piece on the lack of Black archaeologists: https://bit.ly/32eAs9W 
A Deafening Absence

Their absence is deafening
 Melina Seabrook Archaeology was and is a white man’s game. But the field should be proud to say it has diversified through gender, ethnicity, social status, and cl


https://bit.ly/32eAs9W
@GawadHeba talks about the importance ancient Egypt holds for modern Egyptians: https://bit.ly/2Zlwg6h 
A conversation that is continued here, with @Nasser_Junior: https://bit.ly/3jZTff2 
Other scholars you should be following:
@BumbaughSolange @TS_Afrikology @nissaa____ @alialsumery @aaronmdesouza

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