Professor Grace Aneiza Ali’s work “Those Who Remain: Portraits of Guyana’s Amerindian Women,” featured in ‘The Scholar and Feminist Online’

Image credit: © Khadija Benn

The portraiture essay, “Those Who Remain: Portraits of Guyana’s Amerindian Women,” in the latest issue of ‘The Scholar and Feminist Online’ is a stunning photo essay by Khadija Benn, with an introduction by Grace Aneiza Ali, that reminds us that elder indigenous women who are left behind in Guyana when family members migrate continue to play a crucial role in bridging distance and maintaining community ties across borders. The essay is part of a special issue, “To Make Visible Everywhere: Our Bold, Beautiful, Aging Bodies,” in ‘The Scholar and Feminist Online’, a publication of the Barnard Center for Research on Women. It is a collection of personal reflections, performances, research journeys, and conversations by and about women of color aging.