I Was Threatened With a Lawsuit for Stealing Black Culture

Oh. My. God.

Carolyn V. Hamilton
Books Are Our Superpower
5 min readApr 26, 2024

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In Suriname, South America, Maroon people (the descendants of African slaves) still use massive dugout canoes, now with motors, to navigate the rivers from village to village.

“FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER PLAGIARIZES THIRD WORLD BEST-SELLING AUTHOR CYNTHIA MC LEOD” headlined the news release e-mailed to me.

Suriname historian and author Cynthia McLeod, in a public news conference in the country’s…

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