# Section II: Chapter 21  
Ana Lucia ARAUJO is an American social and cultural historian and art historian writing transnational and comparative history. She is Professor of History at Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Araujo's work explores the history of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade and their present-day legacies, including the long history of calls for reparations for slavery and colonialism. Her research also examines the memory, heritage, and visual culture of slavery.