The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World IdentitiesIsidore Okpewho, Carole Boyce Davies, Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui The purpose of this book is to contribute to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in western society is central to their identity and those who deny that proposition. How did Africans manage to create a viable life for themselves after they got here? How were they able to negotiate the social, political, cultural, and other space they encountered? |
Contents
The Ontological Project | 3 |
Cultural Reconfigurations in the African Caribbean | 19 |
The Restoration of African Identity for a New Millennium | 28 |
Slaves or Serfs? A Comparative Study of Slavery and Serfdom | 49 |
Modernity Memory Martinique | 76 |
Kinship and State in African and African American Histories | 89 |
The Significance of CognitiveLinguistic Orientation | 139 |
The Relationship between Place of Birth and Health Status | 153 |
New World Metaphysical | 350 |
Diasporacentricism and Black Aural Texts | 367 |
The Reinterpretation of African Musical Instruments in | 379 |
The Concept of Modernity in Contemporary African Art | 391 |
Persistence of Lan Ginée in Haiti | 428 |
Representing JeanMichel Basquiat | 439 |
Implied Texts and the Colors of Photography | 452 |
Caribbean Cinema or Cinema in the Caribbean? | 469 |
Brazilian Abolitionism | 167 |
The Route from Roots in | 275 |
The AfroEsmeraldian | 290 |
Ellison and Cruz e Souza | 315 |
Africa in Walcotts Dream on Monkey | 332 |
The Impact of Islamigration | 344 |
The Emergence of Bilateral Diaspora Ethnicity among Cape | 485 |
Alice Walker and the Legacy of African American Discourse | 525 |
Connecting Africa to | 538 |
Contributors | 555 |
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