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Collects selected essays from the First and Second African Diaspora Institutes (mostly). The second edition (first, 1982) includes new contributions that expand the geographical scope and increase emphasis on historical and sociopolitical analysis. Organization is in sections on the diaspora as concept and method; settlement, identity, and transformation; return to the homeland; and toward a synthesis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora collects selected essays from the First and Second African Diaspora Institutes and other essays. This revised second edition, with broader geographical scope than the first edition, places greater emphasis on historical and sociopolitical analysis. New essays that examine the African experience and slavery in the Mediterranean, the black experience in Brazil, African religious retentions in Latin American countries, and essays by women that focus on the experience and contributions of African women of the diaspora address significant areas omitted in the first volume.
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