Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Ph.D. is a professor of African Diasporic literature. She focused her first book on Sarah Baartman in Representation and Black womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman (Palgrave 2011). Gordon-Chipembereโs writing has also been published in Essence Magazine along with a monthly series, โMusings from An Afro-Costa Ricanโ in the Tico Times. She is a Senior Co-editor with Dr. Eduardo Paulino of the AfroLatin@ Diasporas Book Series from Palgrave, where they prioritize the voices of emerging Afro-Latin@ scholars. Her current writing focuses on slavery and the legacy of Afro-descendants in Latin America. Her historical fiction novel, Finding La Negrita will be published by Jaded Ibis Press in Fall 2022. Gordon-Chipembere is the founder and host of the annual Tengo Sed Writing Retreats in Costa Rica, an exclusive gathering of global BIPOC writers in Costa Rica for a week. She was born in New York to Costa Rican/Panamanian parents and eventually moved to Costa Rica eight years ago with her husband and two children.
PUBLICATION(S) BY JADED IBIS PRESS
A captivating retelling of the Black Madonna narrative, which has driven Costa Ricaโs national and spiritual identity since the 1700s. It spans time and space as it captures their grapples with love and legacy, secrets and sacrifices, and the line between freedom and enslavement.
Special thanks to Costa Rican muralist, Guadalupe Alvarez Rojas, who painted the cover art that appears at the Municipal Museum of Cartago in Costa Rica. Thanks also go out to the Mayor of Cartago, Silvia Alvarado Martinez, as well as the Municipal Museum of Cartago for allowing the press to reprint the artwork.
