Trent Masiki is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies. His research interests focus on the social, historical, and intercultural ties that bind African Americans to other communities of African descent in the US, Africa, and the African diaspora. His research and teaching have been funded by the Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University, and the Fulbright Scholar program. His forthcoming book, The Afro-Latino Memoir: Race, Ethnicity, and Literary Interculturalism (UNC Press 2023), examines African American cultural, political, and literary influences in Afro-Latino memoirs published after the advent of the Black Arts movement.