Hayes Edwards, Brent. The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2024. 397 pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, index. ISBN 9780674011038. Reviewed by Rebecca Dyer (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) Published on H-Migration (April, 2025) Commissioned by Chris Quispel (Leiden University)

Cartographic technologies and sciences underwent revolutionary transformations during the global Cold War (1945-1989) as military officers, scientists, governments, private corporations, universities,...