Descript |
418p. |
Contents |
Introduction : the old and the new African diaspora -- Africa and slavery in a transnational context -- The slave mutiny of 1839 : the colonization of memory and spaces -- The centralization of Africa and the intellectualization of blackness -- Communalism, Africanism, and Pan-Africanism -- Atlantic Yoruba and the expanding frontiers of Yoruba culture and politics -- Politics, slavery, servitude, and the construction of Yoruba identity -- Orisa music, dance, and modernity -- Western education and Transatlantic connections -- Africa in the diaspora and the diaspora in Africa : toward an integrated body of knowledge -- Tanure Ojaide and Akin Ogundiran : knowledge circulation and the diasporic interface -- Nollywood and the creative world of Aderonke Adesola Adesanya : the African impact on global cultures -- Globalization and contemporary cultures -- Postscript: United States foreign policy on Africa in the twenty-first century. |
ISBN |
9781580464529 (hardcover) |
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