Africa and Its Historical and Contemporary Diasporas - Hardcover

by Saheed Yinka Adejumobi (Contribution by), Babacar M`baye (Contribution by), Alma Jean Billingslea Brown (Contribution by)

Africa and its Historical and Contemporary Diasporas edited by Tunde Adeleke and Arno Sonderegger is an interdisciplinary study of the changing and complex nature of the Africa-Black Diaspora relationship. The contributors highlight the problems and challenges of this relationship and provide strategies for developing a more functional and mutually beneficial engagement in a radically changing global environment. This book presents new methodological approaches and research to study the many dimensions and complexities of Africa and its Diasporas. Collectively, this book addresses three vital themes. First, it foregrounds new and emerging forces reshaping the Africa-Black Diaspora nexus. Second, it highlights new and interdisciplinary approaches to "Diaspora" and "Pan-Africanism" (culture, religion, ideology, literature, philosophy, and epistemology). Third, it examines factors infusing the transformation in, and challenges of, African Diaspora and Pan-Africanist collaborations, and possible strategies of strengthening the relationship.

Author Biography

Tunde Adeleke is professor of history and director of African American studies at Iowa State University.
Arno Sonderegger is senior lecturer for African history and societies in the Department of African Studies at the University of Vienna.