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“Because the griots who compose these texts are part of a patriarchal system that frequently devalues women, we should not be surprised that their portrayals of YHWH allow the Divinity silently to consent to the women's abuse.”
― Hugh R. Page Jr., The Africana Bible: Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora

“For me, the challenge is trying to figure out how to <>conjure change as an "inside outsider" or "outside insider" depending on how I am viewed within the academy or in BIPOC settings; how to mess with seemingly intractable structures that dehumanize and demean; how to fix systemic problems that are inimical to Black thriving and lead inexorably to social death; and how to create -- doctor up, as it were -- pockets of resistance, maroon communities -- within and outside of primarily white universities where Black scholars and allies can thrive.”
― Hugh R. Page Jr., Black Scholars Matter: Visions, Struggles, and Hopes in Africana Biblical Studies