The African Diaspora in Asian Trade Routes and Cultural Memories [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Africans--Asia--History.

Africans--Migrations.

Asia--Civilization--African influences.

Africans--History--Asia.

Africans.

African diaspora--Migrations.

Asia.

Local Subjects:

African diaspora.

Africans--Asia--History.

Africans--Migrations.

Asia--Civilization--African influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contributes to the building of a more comprehensive narrative of global African migration. This book contains four black and white photographs.

Contents:

THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN ASIAN TRADE ROUTES AND CULTURAL MEMORIES; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Movement of Africans in the Indian Ocean World; Chapter 2: Africans in Japan and China; Chapter 3: A Slave Route to Southeast Asia; Chapter 4: Emancipation of East India Company Slaves in Sumatra; Number of Slaves in Eighteenth and Nineteenth century Sumatra and Penang; Afro-Sri Lankans playing Manhas in Sirambiyadiya, Puttalama; Map of Sri Lanka; Egyptian Tanburah Player

Chapter 5: Africans in Sri LankaChapter 6: Africans as People-in-Between; Chapter 7: Cultural Memories: Roots and Routes of Migration; Chapter 8: Crossing Borders: Old Issues, New Perspectives; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

0-7734-1714-1

OCLC:

813844042