African Americans and Africa : a new history / Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blyden, Nemata Amelia Ibitayo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Relations with Africans.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture."

Contents:

Introduction: "I'm not African. I'm American"

"What is Africa to me?"

"I tried to keep their voices in my head"

"We, the African members, form ourselves into a society"

"It is the will of God for you to come into the possessions of your ancestors"

"Africa is their country. They should claim it"

"My Africa, motherland of the Negro peoples!"

"I wanted to see this Africa"

Epilogue: "We have this special bond. We share a common loss."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300244915

0300244916

OCLC:

1099434742