the intellectual + creative work of Ra/Malika Imhotep, ph.d, tends to the relationships between the Black South, The African Diaspora, and The Performance of Labor.

an obiligatory note on gender: Ra/Malika Imhotep identifies as an agender black femme in deep and principled relationship to blk wimmin, black [trans + cis] women, and gender-non-conforming Black femmes. Ra/Malika prefers not to be referred to using gendered pronouns but for the sake of legibility and conversational ease Ra/Malika responds to the pronouns “ra,” “they/them,” and “doll” [and “she/her” in cases of emergency].