The Akan diaspora in the Americas / Kwasi Konadu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konadu, Kwasi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akan (African people)--America--History.

Akan (African people).

Akan (African people)--Migrations.

African diaspora.

Akan (African people)--Social conditions.

Akan (African people)--Social life and customs.

America--Ethnic relations.

America.

Africa, West--Social life and customs.

Africa, West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his study of the Akan diaspora, Konadu demonstrates how this cultural group originating in Central West Africa both participated in and went beyond the familiar diasporic themes of maroonage, resistance, and freedom.

Contents:

Contents; Drum Lyric to River Tan-The Path Crosses the River; Maps; 1 On Diaspora and the Akan in the Americas; 2 Quest for the River, Creation of the Path: Akan Cultural Development to the Sixteenth Century; 3 History and Meaning in Akan Societies, 1500-1800; 4 "The Most Unruly": The Akan in Danish and Dutch America; 5 The Antelope (Adowa) and the Elephant (Esono): The Akan in the British Caribbean; 6 "All of the Coromantee Country": The Akan Diaspora in North America; 7 Diaspora Discourses: Akan Spiritual Praxis and the Claims of Cultural Identity; Glossary; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F

GH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-992285-3

1-282-56374-2

9786612563744

0-19-974538-2

OCLC:

653398904