Main description:

Black women are subject to restrictions in economic, social, health, and education systems, subject to racism, sexism, and classism. A More Radical Elsewhere: Foundations, Understandings, and Practices for Our Freedom, discusses the impact of leadership positions on Black women, including their physical, and spiritual health, creativity, and innovation. The book reviews the conceptions of how Black women lead and why they make the choices they do, examining actual case studies.

Contents:

I. Part One: Legacies - Foundations
1. African diasporic and indigenous matriarchal societies (historical/contemporary)
2. Unapologetic leadership - obstacles faced (Assata)
3. (Erased) leadership in social movements, e.g. civil rights
4. Mothering Leadership
5. Womanist/black feminist/intersectional "tools" for leadership (Audre Lorde)
6. Leading from subaltern - including case studies

II. Part Two: Manifestations-- Current theories and practices
7. The institutions/structures we must navigate - case stories (Case of Lesley Lokko)
8. Mental and Emotional Crossroads - case studies include (Stacey Abrams, Regina Stanback Stroud)
9. Matriarchal governance (case studies: women in congress, New Zealand's prime minister)
10. Womanist/black feminist/intersectional "tools" for leadership (Audre Lorde)

III. Part Three: Next -- Imaginaries: Imagining future theories and practices
11. Unapologetic leadership (Assata)
12. Healing Process
13. Visionary pragmatic leadership
14. A more radical elsewhere - futurity in leadership
15. Embodied Leadership