The African diaspora : slavery, modernity, and globalization /: slavery, modernity, and globalization. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toyin Falola.
• Other Names: Falola, Toyin
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Rochester : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.0496; African diaspora; Globalization -- Africa; Africans -- United States; Yoruba (African people) -- United States; Transnationalism; Slave trade -- Africa; HISTORY -- World; HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775); African diaspora; Africans; Globalization; Slave trade; Transnationalism; Yoruba (African people); Sklavenhandel; Globalisierung; Afrikaner; Yoruba; Afrikanen; Diaspora; Africa; United States; Afrika; Afrika; USA; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467988; 1580467989
• Related ISBNs: 9781580464529; 1580464521; 9781580464536; 158046453X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.