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  • AFRICAN RE-GENESISby Jay B Haviser; Kevin C MacDonald

    Left Coast Press 2010; US$ 36.95

    Ripped from motherland and family, ethnically mixed to quell the potential of uprisings, and brutalized by regimes of hard labor, the heart - the spirit - of Africa did not stop beating in the New World. Rather, it survived and has re-emerged; changed by contacts with new cultures and environments, but still part of the continuum of African tradition:... more...

  • The African Diasporaby Patrick Manning

    Columbia University Press 2009; US$ 25.99

    Patrick Manning follows the multiple routes that brought Africans and people of African descent into contact with one another and with Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In joining these stories, he shows how the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean fueled dynamic interactions among black communities and cultures... more...

  • The African Diaspora and the Disciplinesby Tejumola Olaniyan; James H. Sweet

    Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 22.95

    Focusing on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives, these essays situate, describe, and reflect on the current practice of diaspora scholarship. Tejumola Olaniyan, James H. Sweet, and the international group of contributors assembled here... more...

  • African Migrationsby Abdoulaye Kane; Todd H. Leedy

    Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 27.99

    Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and North America, has seriously affected thousands of lives and livelihoods. The contributors to this volume, reflecting a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examine the causes... more...

  • Afro-Latino Voicesby Kathryn Joy McKnight; Leo J. Garofalo

    Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 17.95

    "A groundbreaking book . . . provides a broad and rich sampling of documents recording the early modern voices of the African diaspora. . . . Wills, testaments, letters, and historical chronicles are some of the sources that scholars from various disciplines present in this anthology. . . . Each scholar provides a meticulous contextualization... more...

  • After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudanby Elke Grawert

    Boydell & Brewer 2010; US$ 70.00

    After a long process of peace negotiations the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed on 9 January 2005 between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). This collection of case studies analyses how the CPA was implemented and assesses its impact on local communities. more...

  • Between Terror and Tourismby Michael Mewshaw

    Counterpoint 2010; US$ 16.95

    For his 65th birthday, acclaimed novelist Michael Mewshaw took a 4,000-mile overland trip across North Africa. Arriving in Egypt during food riots, he heads west into Libya, where billions in oil money have produced little except citizens eager to flee to Europe or join the jihad in Iraq. In Tunis, Mewshaw visits an abandoned Star Wars movie set... more...

  • Black Star, Crescent Moonby Sohail Daulatzai

    University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 68.00

    ?The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia,? Malcolm X declared in a 1962 speech, ?is existing in the hearts and minds of 20 million black people in this country who have been just as thoroughly colonized as the people in Africa and Asia.? Four decades later, the hip-hop... more...

  • Black Subjects in Africa and Its Diasporasby Benjamin Talton; Quincy T. Mills

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00

    Through the research and experiences of scholars whose native homes span ten countries, this collection shifts the discussion of belonging and affinity within Africa and its diaspora toward local perceptions and the ways in which these notions are asserted or altered. The interactions and relationships of the researchers with their subjects, sites,... more...

  • The Boy Who Wouldn't Dieby David Nyuol Vincent; Carol Nader

    Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 24.99

    The inspiring story of David Nyuol Vincent , a Sudanese refugee who survived famine, wars, and fifteen years in camps to find a new life in Australia.   David Nyuol Vincent was a little boy when he fled southern Sudan with his father, as war raged in their country. He left behind his distraught mother and sisters, his village, and his childhood and... more...