Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora, 6, Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana
written by Ann Reed, fl. 2006, in Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora, 6 (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2015, originally published 2015), 234 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Processes of globalization have led to diasporic groups longing for their homelands. One such group includes descendants from African ancestors displaced by the trans-Atlantic slave trade who may be uncertain about their families' exact origins. Traveling home often means visiting African sites associated with the slave trade, journeys full of expectations. The remembrance of the slave trade and pilgrimages to these heritage sites bear resemblance to other diasporic travels that center on trauma, identification, and redemption. Based on over two years of ethnographic fieldwork with both diaspora Africans and Ghanaians, this book explores why and how Ghana has been cast as a pilgrimage destination for people of African descent, especially African Americans. Grounding her research in Ghana’s Central Region where slavery heritage tourism and political ideas promoting incorporation into one African family are prominent, Reed also discusses the perspectives of ordinary Ghanaians, tourism stakeholders, and diasporan 'repatriates.' Providing ethnographic insight into the transnational networks of people and ideas entangled in Ghana's pilgrimage tourism, this book also contributes to better understanding the broader global phenomenon of diasporic travel to homeland centers.
- Field of Interest
- Black Studies
- Author
- Ann Reed, fl. 2006
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2015 Taylor & Francis
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2015
- Page Count
- 234
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- Routledge (Publisher)
- Place Published / Released
- New York, NY
- Series Number
- 6
- Subject
- Black Studies, Diversity, Slavery, Family and Culture, Black community, Escravidão, Esclavitud, Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Gana, Ghana, African Americans, Ghanaians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Series / Program
- Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Escravidão, Esclavitud, Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Gana
