Brazilian-African diaspora in Ghana : the Tabom, slavery, dissonance of memory, identity, and locating home / Kwame Essien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Essien, Kwame, author.

Series:

Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freed persons--Ghana--History.

Freed persons.

Immigrants--Ghana--History.

Immigrants.

Africans--Brazil--Emigration and immigration--History.

Africans.

Children of immigrants--Ghana--History.

Children of immigrants.

Colonial influence.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Ghana--Emigration and immigration--History.

Ghana.

Ghana--Colonial influence.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 364 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Reverse diaspora: dissonance of memory, voyages of hope and degrees of return

Historicizing the returnee presence in Gã Mã

The social history of Gã Mã (Accra), colonialism, and their impact on the Brazilian-African diaspora

The evolution of land in Gã Mã and Brazilian-African diaspora: paradox of freedom and the birth of conflicts

Escaping slavery into colonialism and squabbles: how colonial projects and internal disputes threatened Brazilian land/diaspora

Brazilians together, Brazilians apart: the "family trees" and the process of becoming Gã

(Re) creating Brazilian slavery in an enabling environment

Contributions by the Brazilian-Africans and the Tabom

"Fading" diaspora and memory: how the Brazilian government and the Tabom are preserving Brazil House and crisscrossing the Atlantic in full circle

Epilogue: telescoping Lula's unfulfilled promise and implications for the Tabom's visit to Brazil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611862195

1611862191

OCLC:

927141334