Sabrina Gledhill is a British independent scholar, publisher, writer, and translator. She lived in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for almost 30 years before returning to the UK. Dr Gledhill has a PhD in Ethnic (Brazilian) and African Studies from the Federal University at Bahia Centre for Afro-Asian Studies (CEAO) and an MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA. Her research focusses on Brazilian and US race relations, and Black Atlantic intellectuals, particularly Manuel Querino. She is the author of Travessias no Atlântico Negro: reflexões sobre Booker T. Washington e Manuel R. Querino, which compares Brazilian and US race relations. She also edited and co-authored Manuel Querino (1851-1923): An Afro-Brazilian Pioneer in the Age of Scientific Racism. In 2024, she published two edited volumes based on Querino’s work: The Need for Heroes: Black Intellectuals Dig Up Their Past and Heroes Sung and Unsung: Black Artists in World History. Dr Gledhill has written many scholarly articles, essays, and book chapters, and translated over 40 books, mainly scholarly titles. Some of her notable translation work includes The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Islam and Freedom in the Black Atlantic, by João José Reis, Flavio Gomes, and Marcus de Carvalho, and Francisco de Paula Brito: A Black Editor in Brazil, by Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi.

E-mail: sabrinagledhill (at) funmilayo (dot) co (dot) uk