African American Exploration In West Africa

Author : James Fairhead,Tim Geysbeek,Svend E. Holsoe,Melissa Leach
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0253110041

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African-American Exploration in West Africa by James Fairhead,Tim Geysbeek,Svend E. Holsoe,Melissa Leach Pdf

In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J. K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, too -- Seymour was attacked and later died of his wounds, and his companion, Levin Ash, was captured and sold into slavery again. Challenging the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa, these diaries provide unique perspectives on 19th-century Liberian life and life in the interior of the continent before it was radically changed by European colonialism.

Author : Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300244915

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African Americans and Africa by Nemata Amelia Ibitayo Blyden Pdf

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president have all sparked new dialogue around the question. This book provides an introduction to the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present, mapping several overlapping diasporas. The diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery, and immigration are all examined to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.

Author : Bernard Magubane
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0865430373

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The Ties that Bind by Bernard Magubane Pdf

This book presents an interpretation and analysis of the phenomenon of ambivalence so persistent in the Afro-American consciousness of Africa. Today a wide range of black opinion has accepted Pan-Africanism and Africa and many are consciously making an effective attempt to create more links with Africa. The right of blacks to be culturally independent is now accepted, at least verbally, without question. But this was not always the case. The present study is offered as an exploration in the field of social identity as it affects people in diaspora. The identity of every people is shaped in their environment, it is a legacy of historical forces.

Author : Richard A. Van Orman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015008792692

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The Explorers by Richard A. Van Orman Pdf

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780980258745

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Relations Between Africans, African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

Africans, African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans also known as West Indians, and how they relate to each other are the focus of this study. Tensions which exist between a significant number of Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in Britain - between Jamaicans and Nigerians and others - is one of the subjects addressed in the book. The author also looks at how members of these groups cooperate in a number of areas but concedes that even in the absence of overt - or covert - hostility between them there is indifference towards each other in many cases. There are many other subjects covered in the book about these communities including the impact of African independence on the civil rights movement in the United States. The author has focused on Britain and the United States. Both countries have large numbers of African and Afro-Caribbean (West Indian) immigrants.

Author : Linda Tarrant-Reid
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781683354291

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Discovering Black America by Linda Tarrant-Reid Pdf

From the first African explorers to the first black president, this illustrated history is an excellent resource and “an epic work” (School Library Journal). Discovering Black America is an unprecedented account of more than 400 years of African American history set against a background of American and global events. It begins with a black sailor aboard the Niña with Christopher Columbus and continues through the colonial period, slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and civil rights to the first African American president in the White House. With first-person narratives from diaries and journals, interviews, and archival images, Discovering Black America provides an intimate understanding of this extensive history. “Engaging . . . brings to light many intriguing and tragically underreported stories.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Reproductions of historical documents, photographs, and artwork provide a sense of immediacy to this immersive tapestry, which reaches well beyond the milestones typically outlined in history books.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Absolutely gorgeous in design, with a harmonious marriage of text and colorful archival images, this is the kind of book that invites browsing, and its extensive reach will make this a go-to title for report writers.” —School Library Journal “Begins with the first African explorers and seamen arriving in the New World in the fifteenth century, and . . . ends with the presidential election of Barack Obama . . . meticulous footnotes and a bibliography of recommended books...An excellent title for classroom support.” —Booklist “Thoroughly researched and documented...an outstanding resource for students. The primary source documents, photographs, and archival maps that complement this compelling account will engage readers.” —Library Media Connection (highly recommended) An NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

Author : Quintard Taylor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393246360

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In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West 1528-1990 by Quintard Taylor Pdf

"This is an enthralling work that will be essential reading for years to come. You finish it understanding how integral a part blacks were of the making of the West and, indeed, America." — David Nicholson, Washington Post A landmark history of African Americans in the West, In Search of the Racial Frontier rescues the collective American consciousness from thinking solely of European pioneers when considering the exploration, settling, and conquest of the territory west of the Mississippi. From its surprising discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party, Quintard Taylor fills a major void in American history and reminds us that the African American experience is unlimited by reion or social status. "[Rich] in scope and scholarly detail — it will certinaly stand as the definitive work on the subject for some time to come." — James A. Miller, Boston Globe "[B]y far the most complete general history of blacks in the West." — Scott L. Malcolmson, Newsday "An absorbing chronicle." — Publisher's Weekly "Those looking for a solid overview of the African-American presence in our region would do well to let Quintard Taylor be their guide." — John C. Walter, Seattle Times

Author : Basil Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:900732309

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Black Mother by Basil Davidson Pdf

Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199385751

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Africa, Its Geography, People and Products and Africa-Its Place in Modern History (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) by W. E. B. Du Bois Pdf

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several works of history. Written in very accessible prose, these two booklets, originally published in 1930, allowed W. E. B. Du Bois to reach a wide audience with an interest in Africa. What is so incredible about the two Africa booklets is their lasting relevance and value to the study of Africa today. Coupling Du Bois's breadth of scholarship with his passion for the subjects, the analyses in these booklets are integral to the study of Africa. Many of his arguments foreshadowed the issues and debates regarding Africa in the twentieth century. Expertly synthesized in an introduction by Emmanuel Akyeampong, this edition of the two Africa booklets is essential for anyone interested in African history.

Author : James E. White,Jean-Gontran Quenum
Publisher : James White
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781591134657

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Roots Recovered! by James E. White,Jean-Gontran Quenum Pdf

The authors provide valuable information specific for African travel and tracing African genealogy using traditional methods, the Internet and DNA technology.

Author : Beverly Tomek,Matthew J. Hetrick
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813072760

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New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization by Beverly Tomek,Matthew J. Hetrick Pdf

This volume closely examines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a proslavery reaction against the presence of free Black people in society. Moving beyond this simplistic debate, contributors link the movement to other historical developments of the time, revealing a complex web of different schemes, ideologies, and activities behind the relocation of African Americans to Liberia. They explain what colonization, emigration, immigration, abolition, and emancipation meant within nuanced nineteenth-century contexts, looking through many lenses to more accurately reflect the past. Contributors: Eric Burin | Andrew Diemer | David F. Ericson | Bronwen Everill | Nicholas Guyatt | Debra Newman Ham | Matthew J. Hetrick | Gale Kenny | Phillip W. Magness | Brandon Mills | Robert Murray | Sebastian N. Page | Daniel Preston | Beverly Tomek | Andrew N. Wegmann | Ben Wright | Nicholas P. Wood A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Author : Thomas McCants Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Liberia
ISBN : OSU:32435056254998

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Liberia by Thomas McCants Stewart Pdf

Author : P. J. Staudenraus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0231930526

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The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865 by P. J. Staudenraus Pdf

Investigates the American Colonization Society organized in 1817 with a goal of migrating free African Americans to a colony they established in West Africa.

Author : Robert Lee Hadden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Earth sciences
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132883716

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The Geology of Liberia by Robert Lee Hadden Pdf

This bibliography on the water and geological information or Liberia was begun in 1995 as a request through the US Department or State by the Government or Liberia. It brings together selected citations from a variety of different cartographic, geographical, geological and hydrological resources and specialized library collections. Most of the citations have location information on where these items can be located and used on site, and either borrowed through inter-library loan or purchased through a commercial document delivery services.

Author : John Henrik Clarke
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0933121776

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African People in World History by John Henrik Clarke Pdf

African history as world history: Africa and the Roman Empire -- Africa and the rise of Islam -- The mighty kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay -- The Atlantic slave trade: Slavery and resistance in South America and the Caribbean -- Slavery and resistance in the United States -- African Americans in the twentieth century.