| The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World Contributor(s): Falola, Toyin (Editor), Childs, Matt D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253217164 ISBN-13: 9780253217165 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to African of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 2004013528 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 455 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World. The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele, Christine Ayorinde, Matt D. Childs, Gibril R. Cole, David Eltis, Toyin Falola, C. Magbaily Fyle, Rosalyn Howard, Robin Law, Babatunde Lawal, Russell Lohse, Paul E. Lovejoy, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Robin Moore, Ann O'Hear, Luis Nicolau Par s, Michele Reid, Jo o Jos Reis, Kevin Roberts, and Mariza de Carvalho Soares. Blacks in the Diaspora--Claude A. Clegg III, editor |