A pioneering endeavor to determine the meaning of the “Black social economy”, this publication edited by Caroline Shenaz Hossein reveals a self-help sector of alternative socio-economic practices by the African diaspora in the Americas. This volumes features fourteen scholars to explore the concept of the “Black social economy” through innovative research on the lived experiences of Afro-descendants in business and society in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guyana, Haiti,, Jamaica, and the United States.