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Living in Italy's 'La Zona Rossa' as a Black American Woman
The moan of a harmonica woke me up early Tuesday morning. It was my phone’s notification alerting me of an email from New York University’s global office. All classes on their campus in Florence, Italy were suspended immediately. As a visiting professor from NYU’s New York campus, my life changed with an email. Students living…
Kaia Niambi Shivers is a professor, writer and media studies scholar. Outside of class, she runs Ark Republic and makes documentary films. She lives between Italy and NYC, but is an L.A. homegirl.