African homecoming : Pan-African ideology and contested heritage / Katharina Schramm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schramm, Katharina, author.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heritage tourism--Social aspects--Ghana.

Heritage tourism.

Heritage tourism--Political aspects--Ghana.

Cultural property--Social aspects--Ghana.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Political aspects--Ghana.

Slave trade--Africa, West--History.

Slave trade.

African diaspora.

Pan-Africanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

African Americans and others in the African diaspora have increasingly "come home" to Africa to visit the sites at which their ancestors were enslaved and shipped. In this nuanced analysis of homecoming, Katharina Schramm analyzes how a shared rhetoric of the (Pan-)African family is produced among African hosts and Diasporan returnees and at the same time contested in practice. She examines the varying interpretations and appropriations of significant sites (e.g. the slave forts), events (e.g. Emancipation Day) and discourses (e.g. repatriation) in Ghana to highlight these dynamics. Fro

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter One: Introduction: African Diasporic Homecoming and the Ambivalence of Belonging; Chapter Two: The Layout of an Ideology: Claiming the African Heritage in Early Pan-Africanism; Chapter Three: Early Connections: Pan-Africanism and Ghana's Independence; Chapter Four: History Cast in Stone: Representing the Slave Trade at Ghana's Forts and Castles; Chapter Five: Confronting the Past: Touring Cape Coast Castle; Chapter Six: Pilgrimage Tourism: Homecoming as a Spiritual Journey

Chapter Seven: Emancipation Day: A Route to Understanding Homecoming Chapter Eight: "The Re-Emergence of African Civilization-Uniting the African Family" : Claiming a Common Heritage in PANAFEST; Chapter Nine: Pan-Africanism as a Resource: Contested Relationships of Belonging in the Practice of Homecoming; Chapter Ten: Conclusion; Appendix: List of Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2010 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-307) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-43539-X

1-315-43540-3

1-315-43541-1

1-59874-513-1

9781315435411

OCLC:

768121283