Alaso

This sixth issue of Alaso: Martyr

Martyr, the word gracing this sixth issue of ALASO, is a word used in everyday language to refer to a defenseless victim. However, here we employ it in its political context. The "martyr" theme partially derives from liberation theology-one can't help but think of the martyrdom of Jesus-but also from decolonial and Third World liberation movements. The point here is not to be hyperbolic, lest we fall into what Hortense Spillers describes as a pornotrope. In these pages, we deploy "martyr" as an analytical framework through which to see the lives made indispensable by capitalist, patriarchal, and supremacist exploitation, but also their resistance, their connection to the land, and their relationship with it-all fiercely opposed by this system.

This issue inaugurates our new rubric, Menm Nou Menm Lan (We Remain), where we welcome contributions from Black feminists from other countries. We felt it was essential that the first contribution come from Sudan. The Noon Collective, a Sudanese feminist collective, offers a perspective on the war in Sudan and its links to global policies of exploitation, militarization, and anti-Black racism. As in Haiti and the Congo, Sudanese women's bodies are a site of ongoing genocide.

Contributions by Katiana Altine, Ana Belique, Emma Clesca, Stéphana Dorval, Vanessa Jeudi, Danièle Magloire, Eiman Omer and Wyddiane Prophète

Translation: Gaëlle Bien-Aimé, Nathalie Cerin, Anne-Doris Lapommeray, Nadine Mondestin

Illustrations: Corine Bond 

Publication director: Fania Noël 

Editorial assistant: Dashka-Rheyna Charlemagne and Anaïse Hector