Description
A comprehensive history of the relationship between Africa and the United States
Toyin Falola and Raphael Njoku reexamine the history of the relationship between Africa and the United States from the dawn of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Their broad, interdisciplinary book follows the relationship's evolution, tracking African American emancipation, the rise of African diasporas in the Americas, the Back-to-Africa movement, the founding of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the presence of American missionaries in Africa, the development of blues and jazz music, the presidency of Barack Obama, and more.
About the Author
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. Raphael Chijioke Njoku is Director and Department Chair of Global Studies and Languages at Idaho State University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300234831
Author Toyin Falola
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Toyin Falola and Raphael Njoku reexamine the history of the relationship between Africa and the United States from the dawn of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Their broad, interdisciplinary book follows the relationship's evolution, tracking African American emancipation, the rise of African diasporas in the Americas, the Back-to-Africa movement, the founding of Sierra Leone and Liberia, the presence of American missionaries in Africa, the development of blues and jazz music, the presidency of Barack Obama, and more.
About the Author
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. Raphael Chijioke Njoku is Director and Department Chair of Global Studies and Languages at Idaho State University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300234831
Author Toyin Falola
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
