Afropolitan projects : redefining Blackness, sexualities, and culture from Houston to Accra / Anima Adjepong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adjepong, Anima, author.

Series:

North Carolina scholarship online.

North Carolina scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ghanaians--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Ghanaians.

Ghanaians--Foreign countries.

Return migrants--Ghana--Social conditions--21st century.

Return migrants.

Ghana--Social conditions--21st century.

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

Beyond simplistic binaries of 'the dark continent' or 'Africa rising', Africans at home and abroad articulate their identities through their quotidian practices and cultural politics. Amongst the privileged classes, these articulations can be characterised as Afropolitan projects - cultural, political, and aesthetic expressions of global belonging rooted in African ideals. This ethnographic study examines the Afropolitan projects of Ghanaians living in two cosmopolitan cities: Houston, Texas, and Accra, Ghana. Anima Adjepong's focus shifts between the cities, exploring contests around national and pan-African cultural politics, race, class, sexuality, and religion.

Contents:

Afropolitan Mentality in Houston

The Christian American Afropolitan Project

Accra's Afropolitan Vibe

Afropolitan Politics in Accra

Afropolitan Sexual Politics

Afropolitan Racial Politics.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 26, 2023).

ISBN:

9798890860897

OCLC:

1280276477