The African diaspora / by Joseph E. Harris ... [and others] ; edited by Alusine Jalloh and Stephen E. Maizlish.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Joseph E., 1929-

Jalloh, Alusine, 1963-

Maizlish, Stephen E., 1945-

Series:

Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; 30.

The Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; no. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

xi, 152 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press, [1996]

Summary:

As Africans and descendants of slaves have sought to expand an understanding of their history, focus on the African diaspora--the global dispersal of a people and their culture--has increased. African studies have assumed a prominent place in historical scholarship, and a growing number of non-African scholars has helped revise a discipline established over several decades.

The six contributions in this volume were compiled as a result of the thirtieth Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture held at the University of Texas at Arlington. The contributors, nationally recognized in the field, represent a collaborative analysis of the African diaspora from African and non-African perspectives.

Joseph E. Harris discusses how the African diaspora influences the economies, politics, and social dynamics of both the homeland and the host country. Alusine Jalloh reconstructs the mercantile activities of the Fula in colonial Sierra Leone. Joseph E. Inikori argues that slavery and serfdom in medieval Europe provide greater insights into precolonial Africa than do standard New World comparisons. Colin A. Palmer examines the power relationships that undergirded American slavery in order to better understand the enslaved. Douglas B. Chambers reveals the enduring influence of Africanisms in the historical development of Afro-Virginian slave culture. And Dale T. Graden looks at African slavery in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, between 1848 and 1856, focusing on the Bahian elite and their response to slave resistance.

Contents:

The Dynamics of the Global African Diaspora / Joseph E. Harris 7

The Fula Trading Diaspora in Colonial Sierra Leone / Alusine Jalloh 22

Slavery in Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade / Joseph E. Inikori 39

Rethinking American Slavery / Colin A. Palmer 73

"He Is an African But Speaks Plain": Historical Creolization in Eighteenth-Century Virginia / Douglas B. Chambers 100

"This City Has Too Many Slaves Joined Together": The Abolitionist Crisis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1848

1856 / Dale T. Graden 134.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0890967202

0890967318

OCLC:

34618307