Antonio Benítez-Rojo in exile. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1989. Photograph by Gigi Kaeser. Used by permission. Antonio Benítez-Rojo in exile. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1989. Photograph by Gigi Kaeser. Used by permission. More

Figure 2 Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. Figure 2. Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. More

Figure 4 Estadista ( Statehood’er ) (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. Figure 4. Estadista (Statehood’er) (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. More

Figure 6 Run-a-Bout (detail). Photograph by Chaz Langley. Figure 6. Run-a-Bout (detail). Photograph by Chaz Langley. More

Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VI , 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VI, 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear More

Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga X , 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga X, 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear More

Orlando Patterson, 2012. Photograph by Anita Patterson. Orlando Patterson, 2012. Photograph by Anita Patterson. Courtesy Orlando Patterson More

The Architect , digital photograph, 2006 The Architect, digital photograph, 2006 More

Self Portrait—Infinity , digital photograph, 2005 Self Portrait—Infinity, digital photograph, 2005 More

Fighting the Currents (work in progress), digital photograph, 2014 Fighting the Currents (work in progress), digital photograph, 2014 More

Mandela's Release, 1990 . Photograph by Graeme Williams. Used by permission. Mandela's Release, 1990. Photograph by Graeme Williams. Used by permission. More

Sylvia Wynter, circa late 1950s. Photograph by Oswald Jones. Used with permission Sylvia Wynter, circa late 1950s. Photograph by Oswald Jones. Used with permission More

Figure 5 Untitled photograph, 1910, Tabernilla, Panama Canal Zone; 5 × 7 in. Photographer unknown. Records of the Panama Canal, National Archives at College Park, MD. National Archives and Records Administration. Figure 5. Untitled photograph, 1910, Tabernilla, Panama Canal Zone; 5 × 7 More

Figure 2 Taitu Heron as flag woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. Figure 2. Taitu Heron as flag woman leading the march. Photograph courtesy of Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. More

Figure 3 Members of dance troupe En Kompane. Photograph courtesy Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. Figure 3. Members of dance troupe En Kompane. Photograph courtesy Taitu Heron, Tambourine Army. More

Figure 4 Tambourine Army: Bun Out Rape Culture. Photograph by Shani Roper. Figure 4. Tambourine Army: Bun Out Rape Culture. Photograph by Shani Roper. More

Figure 1 Cane worker and cutlass, Guyana, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Deodat Persaud. Figure 1. Cane worker and cutlass, Guyana, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Deodat Persaud. More

Figure 1 DR Pride logos 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by the author. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Figure 1. DR Pride logos 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by the author. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More

Figure 2 Pride DR 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by Lorena Espinoza Peña. Puerta de las Ataranzas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Figure 2. Pride DR 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by Lorena Espinoza Peña. Puerta de las Ataranzas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More