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The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Identities (First paperback edition)
edited by Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990 and Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001, originally published 1999), 594 page(s)
The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramo...
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edited by Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990 and Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001, originally published 1999), 594 page(s)
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The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramos Bennett, LeGrace Benson, Ira Kincade Blake, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., Sharon Aneta Bryant, Michael J. C. Echeruo, Peter P. Ekeh, Patience...
The African Diaspora contributes to the debate between those who believe that the African origin of blacks in Western society is central to their identity and outlook and those who deny that proposition.Contributors include Niyi Afolabi, Adetayo Alabi, Celia M. Azevedo, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Eliana Guerreiro Ramos Bennett, LeGrace Benson, Ira Kincade Blake, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., Sharon Aneta Bryant, Michael J. C. Echeruo, Peter P. Ekeh, Patience Elabor-Idemudia, David Evans, Robert Elliot Fox, Andrea Frohne, Joseph E. Inikori, Joyce Ann Joyce, Joseph McLaren, Charles Martin, Ali A. Mazrui, Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, Nkiru Nzegwu, Isidore Okpewho, Oyekan Owomoyela, Laura J. Pires-Hester, Richard Price, Sally Price, Jean Rahier, Sandra L. Richards, Elliott P. Skinner, Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., Keith Q. Warner, Maureen Warner-Lewis, and Kimberly Welch.
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Black Studies
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Book
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Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014, Carole Boyce Davies, fl. 1990, Isidore Okpewho, 1941-2016
Date Published / Released
1999, 2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Topic / Theme
African Americans, Africans
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Copyright © 1999 Indiana University Press
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Alfred H. Mendes: Short Stories, Articles and Letters
written by Alfred Mendes, 1897-1991 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2016), 264 page(s)
Alfred H. Mendes was a prominent member of the Beacon group of intellectuals whose aim in the 1930s was the development and promotion of a Trinidad-centred literature. He was a friend and colleague of the Beacon’s editor Albert Gomes, and of C.L.R. James and Ralph de Boissière.Alfred. H. Mendes: Short Stories,...
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written by Alfred Mendes, 1897-1991 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2016), 264 page(s)
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Alfred H. Mendes was a prominent member of the Beacon group of intellectuals whose aim in the 1930s was the development and promotion of a Trinidad-centred literature. He was a friend and colleague of the Beacon’s editor Albert Gomes, and of C.L.R. James and Ralph de Boissière.Alfred. H. Mendes: Short Stories, Articles and Letters comprises thirteen stories, and articles and letters from the 1920s to the 1960s, including two letters to Mendes...
Alfred H. Mendes was a prominent member of the Beacon group of intellectuals whose aim in the 1930s was the development and promotion of a Trinidad-centred literature. He was a friend and colleague of the Beacon’s editor Albert Gomes, and of C.L.R. James and Ralph de Boissière.Alfred. H. Mendes: Short Stories, Articles and Letters comprises thirteen stories, and articles and letters from the 1920s to the 1960s, including two letters to Mendes from the Trinidadian activist and pan-Africanist George Padmore. It is supported by an introduction, explanatory notes and a short glossary.Six of the stories have never been published. They include two autobiographical stories set in New York City during the Great Depression. Mendes’s first foreign publication, “Lai John”, co-authored with fellow Beacon writer Algernon Wharton, appears here for the first time since 1930. It is the first of a number of stories which Mendes wrote about Chinese immigrants. There are also stories about East Indian, Spanish and Syrian characters, English expatriates, and Mendes’s own people, the Portuguese Creoles of Trinidad.The articles and letters reflect the broad scope of Mendes’s interests and are lively, topical, carefully observed pieces, and like Mendes himself, frequently controversial.Alfred H. Mendes lived and wrote at a vitally important time in the history of the Caribbean. His stories and journalism are his lasting legacy to its peoples.
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Black Studies
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Book
Author / Creator
Alfred Mendes, 1897-1991
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Topic / Theme
Literature, Writers, Trinidadians
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Copyright © 2016 Michèle Levy
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Black Deaths In Police Custody And Human Rights: The Failure Of The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
written by David Mayberry, fl. 2008 (London, England: Hansib Publications, 2008, originally published 2008), 84 page(s)
This unique book provides an insight into one of the most disturbing and under-reported issues to affect ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom.Through an assessment of diversity literature and interviews with police officers, it highlights the limited commitment to fulfilling McPherson’s recommendations and th...
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written by David Mayberry, fl. 2008 (London, England: Hansib Publications, 2008, originally published 2008), 84 page(s)
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This unique book provides an insight into one of the most disturbing and under-reported issues to affect ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom.Through an assessment of diversity literature and interviews with police officers, it highlights the limited commitment to fulfilling McPherson’s recommendations and the value of diversity training to operational policing. Against the backdrop of Black deaths in police custody, the book questions the e...
This unique book provides an insight into one of the most disturbing and under-reported issues to affect ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom.Through an assessment of diversity literature and interviews with police officers, it highlights the limited commitment to fulfilling McPherson’s recommendations and the value of diversity training to operational policing. Against the backdrop of Black deaths in police custody, the book questions the extent to which ‘institutionalised racism’ has been genuinely challenged.In October 2007, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) became operational. This development will place a growing emphasis on public bodies - such as the police - to meet their obligations as laid out in the Human Rights Act (1998). By drawing attention to a tragic and little-known problem, this book attempts to offer a genuine agenda for change.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
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Book
Author / Creator
David Mayberry, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Hansib Publications
Person Discussed
Stephen Lawrence, 1974-1993
Topic / Theme
Race discrimination, Criminal justice, Human rights, Police brutality
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Copyright © 2008 David Mayberry
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Black Identity In The 20th Century
edited by Mark Christian, fl. 2002 (London, England: Hansib Publications, 2002, originally published 2002), 288 page(s)
This collection of essays focuses on the various forces of Black identity primarily within the context of the US and the UK in the twentieth century. It breaks new ground by examining Black identity on both sides of the Atlantic in relation to the African Diaspora. What is also unique is the fact that this volume...
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edited by Mark Christian, fl. 2002 (London, England: Hansib Publications, 2002, originally published 2002), 288 page(s)
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This collection of essays focuses on the various forces of Black identity primarily within the context of the US and the UK in the twentieth century. It breaks new ground by examining Black identity on both sides of the Atlantic in relation to the African Diaspora. What is also unique is the fact that this volume provides a firm collaboration between Black British and African American scholars.Too often, Black experiences have been viewed in isol...
This collection of essays focuses on the various forces of Black identity primarily within the context of the US and the UK in the twentieth century. It breaks new ground by examining Black identity on both sides of the Atlantic in relation to the African Diaspora. What is also unique is the fact that this volume provides a firm collaboration between Black British and African American scholars.Too often, Black experiences have been viewed in isolation from one another. Black Identity in the 20th Century enables the reader to compare and contrast themes relating to these two important locations.Covering a range of interdisciplinary topics, the book is divided into three interlocking sections.Part One examines Pan-African philosophy and practice, West Africans in Britain (1900-1960), and African American political struggle covering the Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism;Part Two considers the impact of Afrocentricity in challenging Western intellectual hegemony, the Black intellectual tradition and the role of Afrocentric social work in the UK;Part Three analyses the complexity and nuances of Black identity in terms of phenotype or physical markers and folklore via prose.It is written in a stimulating and accessible style, and includes contributions from relatively new voices in the field of Black Studies as well as distinguished scholars.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Mark Christian, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Hansib Publications
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, Racial identity, African Americans, Caribbean and West Indians
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Copyright © individual authors
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Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide
written by Hilary Beckles, 1955- (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2013), 311 page(s)
Since the mid-nineteenth-century abolition of slavery, the call for reparations for the crime of African enslavement and native genocide has been growing. In the Caribbean, grassroots and official voices now constitute a regional reparations movement. While it remains a fractured, contentious and divisive call, it...
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written by Hilary Beckles, 1955- (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2013), 311 page(s)
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Since the mid-nineteenth-century abolition of slavery, the call for reparations for the crime of African enslavement and native genocide has been growing. In the Caribbean, grassroots and official voices now constitute a regional reparations movement. While it remains a fractured, contentious and divisive call, it generates considerable public interest, especially within sections of the community that are concerned with issues of social justice,...
Since the mid-nineteenth-century abolition of slavery, the call for reparations for the crime of African enslavement and native genocide has been growing. In the Caribbean, grassroots and official voices now constitute a regional reparations movement. While it remains a fractured, contentious and divisive call, it generates considerable public interest, especially within sections of the community that are concerned with issues of social justice, equity, civil and human rights, education, and cultural identity. The reparations discourse has been shaped by the voices from these fields as they seek to build a future upon the settlement of historical crimes.This is the first scholarly work that looks comprehensively at the reparations discussion in the Caribbean. Written by a leading economic historian of the region, a seasoned activist in the wider movement for social justice and advocacy of historical truth, Britain’s Black Debt looks at the origins and development of reparations as a regional and international process. Weaving detailed historical data on Caribbean slavery and the transatlantic slave trade together with legal principles and the politics of postcolonialism, Beckles sets out a solid academic analysis of the evidence. He concludes that Britain has a case of reparations to answer which the Caribbean should litigate.International law provides that chattel slavery as practised by Britain was a crime against humanity. Slavery was invested in by the royal family, the government, the established church, most elite families, and large public institutions in the private and public sector. Citing the legal principles of unjust and criminal enrichment, the author presents a compelling argument for Britain’s payment of its black debt, a debt that it continues to deny in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.It is at once an exciting narration of Britain’s dominance of the slave markets that enriched the economy and a seminal conceptual journey into the hidden politics and public posturing of leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. No work of this kind has ever been attempted. No author has had the diversity of historical research skills, national and international political involvement, and personal engagement as an activist to present such a complex yet accessible work of scholarship.
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Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Hilary Beckles, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
University of the West Indies
Topic / Theme
International laws, Genocide, Slave trade, Slavery, Reparations, British, Caribbean and West Indians
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Copyright © 2013 Hilary McD. Beckles
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Caribbean Reasonings, After Man, Towards the Human
edited by Anthony Bogues, fl. 2009, in Caribbean Reasonings (Kingston, Kingston Parish: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006), 361 page(s)
Sylvia Wynter’s work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on ‘folk culture’ and its profound meaning for the symbolic universe of Caribbean reality, creative writing and the nature of Caribbean culture, to her present genealogical critique of Western humanism, Wynter h...
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edited by Anthony Bogues, fl. 2009, in Caribbean Reasonings (Kingston, Kingston Parish: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006), 361 page(s)
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Sylvia Wynter’s work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on ‘folk culture’ and its profound meaning for the symbolic universe of Caribbean reality, creative writing and the nature of Caribbean culture, to her present genealogical critique of Western humanism, Wynter has emerged as one of the region’s premier cultural and social theorists. This interdisciplinary collection offers a variety of inter...
Sylvia Wynter’s work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on ‘folk culture’ and its profound meaning for the symbolic universe of Caribbean reality, creative writing and the nature of Caribbean culture, to her present genealogical critique of Western humanism, Wynter has emerged as one of the region’s premier cultural and social theorists. This interdisciplinary collection offers a variety of interpretations of Sylvia Wynter’s work and seeks to cover the range of her thought. Her rich source of investigation of some of the compelling questions that currently face humanity makes her not just a major Caribbean figure, but a world-class intellectual. In its explorations of culture, literary theory and philosophy, this volume significantly expands the field of Caribbean intellectual history and will be useful for courses in Cultural Studies; Caribbean Studies; African-American Studies; Intellectual History and Critical Theory.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Anthony Bogues, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Ian Randle Publishers
Series
Caribbean Reasonings
Person Discussed
Sylvia Wynter, 1928-
Topic / Theme
Philosophy, Social sciences, Cultural views
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Copyright © 2006 Centre for Caribbean Thought, University of the West Indies, Mona
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Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures
written by Maureen Warner Lewis, fl. 1967 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2002), 428 page(s)
Central Africa in the Caribbean is the product of more than three decades of research. Maureen Warner-Lewis’s pioneering study analyses some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean, with fascinating transatlantic comparative data. She identifies Central African cultural for...
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written by Maureen Warner Lewis, fl. 1967 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2002), 428 page(s)
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Central Africa in the Caribbean is the product of more than three decades of research. Maureen Warner-Lewis’s pioneering study analyses some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean, with fascinating transatlantic comparative data. She identifies Central African cultural forms in areas settled by the Koongo, Mbundu and Ovimbundu (the two present-day Congos and Angola) and illuminates Caribbean thought and c...
Central Africa in the Caribbean is the product of more than three decades of research. Maureen Warner-Lewis’s pioneering study analyses some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean, with fascinating transatlantic comparative data. She identifies Central African cultural forms in areas settled by the Koongo, Mbundu and Ovimbundu (the two present-day Congos and Angola) and illuminates Caribbean thought and customs through comparison with those cultures. The work is based on extensive primary and secondary sources, oral interviews, folk-tales, and songs. Additionally, through her knowledge of the functional languages of the region – Spanish, English, French, and their creoles – Warner-Lewis accesses a wide range of pre-existing research on the Central African cultural impact on the Americas; this gives her work a unique pan-Caribbean breadth. Warner-Lewis’s multidisciplinary approach highlights the debate concerning the origin and transformation of cultural forms in the Caribbean against a larger background of African culture and economy, and Atlantic World colonialism and slavery. This book is invaluable for scholars and general readers interested in African diaspora studies, African and Caribbean history, linguistics, music, religion, and cultural anthropology.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Maureen Warner Lewis, fl. 1967
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
University of the West Indies
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Cultural assimilation, Cultural change and history, African diaspora, Caribbean and West Indians, Central Africans
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Copyright © 2002 Maureen Warner-Lewis
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Gold Coast Revolution: The Struggle of an African People from Slavery to Freedom
written by George Padmore, 1903-1959 (London, England: Dennis Dobson, 1953), 272 page(s)
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written by George Padmore, 1903-1959 (London, England: Dennis Dobson, 1953), 272 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
George Padmore, 1903-1959
Date Published / Released
1953
Publisher
Dennis Dobson
Topic / Theme
Political causes, Nationalism, Ghanaians
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Copyright © 1953 Dennis Dobson
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How Russia Transformed Her Colonial Empire: A Challenge to the Imperialist Powers
written by George Padmore, 1903-1959 (London, England: Dennis Dobson, 1946), 178 page(s)
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written by George Padmore, 1903-1959 (London, England: Dennis Dobson, 1946), 178 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
George Padmore, 1903-1959
Date Published / Released
1946
Publisher
Dennis Dobson
Topic / Theme
Russians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1946 Dennis Dobson Limited
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Language, Culture and Caribbean Identity
edited by John R. Rickford, 1949- and Jeannette Allsopp, fl. 2012 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2012), 185 page(s)
This timely and insightful publication, thought-provoking and highly educational, is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Caribbean linguist, Richard Allsopp. The contributors, many of them leading authorities on language variation in the Caribbean, explore various aspects of language, culture and identity in th...
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edited by John R. Rickford, 1949- and Jeannette Allsopp, fl. 2012 (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies, 2012), 185 page(s)
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This timely and insightful publication, thought-provoking and highly educational, is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Caribbean linguist, Richard Allsopp. The contributors, many of them leading authorities on language variation in the Caribbean, explore various aspects of language, culture and identity in the region, focusing on themes that engaged Allsopp in his lifetime: Creole linguistics, Caribbean lexicography, language in folklore and...
This timely and insightful publication, thought-provoking and highly educational, is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Caribbean linguist, Richard Allsopp. The contributors, many of them leading authorities on language variation in the Caribbean, explore various aspects of language, culture and identity in the region, focusing on themes that engaged Allsopp in his lifetime: Creole linguistics, Caribbean lexicography, language in folklore and religion, literature, music and dance, and language issues in Caribbean schools.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
John R. Rickford, 1949-, Jeannette Allsopp, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
University of the West Indies
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, Language and linguistics, Caribbean and West Indians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Jeannette Allsopp and John R. Rickford
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