What is the generative space that results from the intersection of “marronage” and “electric”? The electric expresses an undercurrent of insurgency, a way of connecting that revitalizes the networks of survival established by the marroons. Bound together, “electric marronage” emblazons a language of resistance and refusal to the prescribed ways of life placed upon black/brown bodies; it is inherently charged, its frequencies are explosive, subversive, and fugitive.
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