ANNOUNCING: "Human Tapestries
Weaving Africana Stories with Classics"
I'm so excited to share Dr. Anika Prather’s forthcoming book with Anthem Press. “Human Tapestries: Weaving Africana Stories with Classics” by Anika Prather, Ph.D.. It is slated for release in 2026. Dr. Prather’s book will be an invaluable resource to educators and students alike. CONGRATULATIONS, DR. PRATHER!
Dr. Anika T. Prather obtained her B.A. in elementary education from Howard University, followed by multiple graduate degrees in education from New York University and Howard University. She holds a Master’s in liberal arts from St. John’s College (Annapolis) and a Ph.D. in English, Theatre, and Literacy Education from the University of Maryland (College Park). Her research centers on enhancing literacy among African American students through engagement with canonical literature. Recently, she self-published her book Living in the Constellation of the Canon: The Lived Experiences of African American Students Reading Great Books Literature. As the co-author of The Black Intellectual Tradition with Dr. Angel Parham (associate professor at the University of Virginia), Anika has taught in Howard University’s classics department as a full-time lecturer. Additionally, she previously served as the Director of High-Quality Curriculum and Instruction at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy until February 2024. Anika is highly sought after as an educational consultant and speaker, particularly regarding the relevance of classical studies to African Americans. She is also the visionary behind The Living Water School, an accredited online Christian school grounded in Classical education and the Sudbury Model. Anika and her husband Damon reside in the DC area with their three children.
Biography: Sheena Michele Mason is an assistant professor of English at SUNY Oneonta. She holds a PhD with distinction in English from Howard University in Washington, DC, USA, and specializes in Africana and American literary studies and philosophy of race. She is published with Oxford University Press, Palgrave MacMillan, Cambridge University Press, and the University of Warsaw among other presses. She is the innovator of the togetherness wayfinder (formerly and alternatively called the theory of racelessness) and founder of Togetherness Wayfinder, an educational firm. Her book The Raceless Antiracist: Why Ending Race Is the Future of Antiracism shows how ending our belief in “race” and practice of racialization is required toward the goal of ending the causes and effects of racialized dehumanization.