ABSTRACT
This chapter calls for a Black feminist tradition in the discipline of international relations (IR). Building upon Black feminist traditions in other disciplines, the chapter outlines the guiding principles of what is called a Transnational Black Feminist (TBF) framework: intersectionality, scholar-activism, solidarity, attention to borders/boundaries, and radically transparent author positionality. Further, it outlines why a TBF framework is a needed Black feminist intervention in the field of IR. Acknowledging the important opening created by decolonial and postcolonial IR scholars, as well as IR scholars emphasizing regional differences, a TBF framework intends to write Black feminist work from multiple disciplines (especially recent research by Black feminist anthropologists in Brazil) into an IR canon. In addition to linking to prior work of Black feminists, the book introduces the case of the Black indigenous Garifuna makers of ereba (the Garifuna word for cassava bread) in Honduras, where the author conducted research. This case of the ereba makers will be used to demonstrate the value of the TBF framework in international studies.
