The ''Afro-Hispanic Review'' is an

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bilingual

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published by

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's Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. The journal focuses on promoting the study of

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literature and culture, both in the

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and internationally. Published twice annually, it has been described as the "premier literary journal in Afro-Hispanic studies." Its editor is the Vanderbilt professor William Luis. The journal was founded in January 1982 at

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, with Stanley Cyrus as its founding editor. Beginning in 1986, it was published at the

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, as a collaboration between the departments of

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and

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. It was transferred to Vanderbilt and its Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center in 2005.

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