Pan African spaces : essays on Black transnationalism / edited by Msia Kibona Clark, Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, and Loy L. Azalia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Msia Kibona, editor, author.

Mnyandu, Phiwokuhle, editor.

Azalia, Loy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Race identity.

Black people.

Africans--Race identity.

Africans.

Biculturalism.

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]

Contents:

Section1: Changing the paradigms on migration and immigration in the African diaspora

Introduction: being Black and "bicultural"

(Re)igniting pan-Africanism. (Re)jecting Afropolitanism. (Re)naming our solution / by Nenelwa Tomi

Is race really the issue? Examining the fallacy of "Black foreigner privilege" / by Tolulope Odunsi, Esq.

Section 2: Perspectives on Black transnationalism and identity formation

The evolution of a bicultural identity, in the shadows of Nyerere's pan Africanism / Msia Kibona Clark

Skins, identity and their tragedies: the learning and healing of a HispanoGuinean woman in the diaspora / by Carolina Nvé Díaz San Francisco

When I first wore fish leather, or Black girl in Iceland / by Sharony Green

Reinventing identities: crossing borders of values and beliefs in Noviolet Bulawayo's in We need new names / by Afua (Rachel) Ansong

Poem 1: Death upon the homefront / by Shingi Mavima

Section 3: Crioulo culture and pidgin music: American experiences and West African identities

Navigating between two worlds: (Re)defining my identity in the context of an all-girls elite private school / by Terza Alice Silva Lima-Neves

Having my kenkey and eating it, too: being Black and bicultural / by Margaret Eva Salifu

Music of my flesh: African music, cultural affirmation, and the production of social space in the diaspora / by Nana Afua Y. Brantuo

Local Accra with a twist of international luxe / by Zoë Gadegbeku

Section 4. Diverse identities and representations among second-generation Ethiopian migrants in America

Ethiopia on my skin, Black power in my heart: how growing up Black and multiethnic has taught me to navigate different forms of anti-Blackness / by Yelena Bailey

Black immigrant communities: misrepresented and underserved in the United States / by Mekdela Ejigu

Identity theft / by Semien Abay

Section 5: Class and citizenship: African American and African migrant experiences in South Africa

On being African...American / by Gabriel Peoples

Cultural diversity, culturally fluid: experiences of a Ugandan, South African / by Sayuni Brown

Migration, language, race and identity in South Africa: analyzing Congolese diaspora links / by Eugene M. Bope

The realities of the diaspora life in France and South Africa / by Tafadzwa Zvobgo

Section 6: Two intersecting diasporas: Caribbean and African American communities in America

Migration, immigration, and gender: Afro-Caribbean experiences from a bicultural socialization perspective / by Shelvia English, Dayne Hutchinson, Kat J. Stephens

The meaning of Blackness / by Cassandra "Dr. Cass" J. St. Vil

Being Black and bicultural: racial and ethnic identity formation of Haitian Americans in Chicago / by Courtney Pierre Joseph

Always remember Black is beautiful: a narrative on being Afro-Trinidadian in the United States / by Keisha V. Thompson

Poem 2: American double toasted banana nut bread / by Maurisa Li-A-Ping

Section 7: The relationships between color and race in Afro Latinx identities

Call me survivor: AfroLatina diasporic identity, survival, and a tale of two negritudes / by Jessica Omilani Alarcón and Indhira Serrano

The routes of rhythm: reggae and Antillean Black identity / by Ryan Mann-Hamilton

Afro-Latinidad: being a Black Latino / by Anthony Curtis Polanco

Identity as profession: on becoming an African American Panamanian Afro-Latina curator / by Ariana A. Curtis

Between Blackness and Africanness: indexing Puerto Rican identity through discourse in Northern California / by Krista L. Cortes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pan African spaces

ISBN:

9781498581929

1498581927

OCLC:

1055569772