African Americans and Africa: A New History

✍ Scribed by Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent

What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “I’m not African. I’m American.”
1. “What is Africa to me?”
2. “I tried to keep their voices in my head”
3. “We, the African Members, form ourselves into a Society”
4. “It is the will of GOD for you to come into the possessions of your ancestors”
5. “Africa is their country. They should claim it.”
6. “My Africa, Motherland of the Negro peoples!”
7. “I wanted to see this Africa”
Epilogue: “We have this special bond. We share a common loss.”
Notes
Bibliography
Index