VèVè Amasasa Clark, 1944-2007

"Clark was also the co-editor in 1978 of' 'Kaiso! Katherine Dunham: An Anthology of Writings' and in 1985 of 'The Legend of Maya Deren,' a work about the author of an important book on Haitian voodoo.
"In 1997 UC Berkeley began offering what is believed to be the nation's first doctorate program in African Diaspora studies. The interdisciplinary, multinational program prepares students to 'use and develop theoretical, analytical and methodological approaches to critical issues relating to the study of people of African descent,' Taylor said."

Jocelyn Y. Stewart in the Los Angeles Times writes an obituary for VèVè Amasasa Clark, professor of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley.