Encyclopedia of the African diaspora origins, experiences, and culture

Summary: The field of African diaspora studies is rapidly growing. Until now there was no single, authoritative source for information on this broad, complex discipline. Drawing on the work of over 300 scholars, this encyclopedia fills that void. Now the researcher, from high school level up, can go to a single reference for information on the historical, political, economic, and cultural relations between people of African descent and the rest of the world community. Five hundred years of relocation and dislocation, of assimilation and separation have produced a rich tapestry of history and culture into which are woven people, places, and events. This authoritative, accessible work picks out the strands of the tapestry, telling the story of diverse peoples, separated by time and distance, but retaining a commonality of origin and experience. Organized in A-Z sections covering global topics, country of origin, and destination country, the work is designed for easy use by all.--Publisher description.

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ISBN: 9781851097050 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1851097058 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781851097005 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 1851097007 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9781851097524 (e-book)
ISBN: 185109752X (e-book)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (3 v. (lxiv, 1010, I-20 p.)) : ill., maps.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	v. 1. Abakuá -- Abolitionism in the African Diaspora -- Abu-Jamal, Mumia (1954-) -- Abyssinia/Ethiopia -- Achebe, Chinua (1930-) -- Adivasi -- Africa -- African American Vernacular English (AAVE) -- African American Women -- African Americans and the Constitutional Order -- African Ballet -- African Blood Brotherhood (ABB) -- African Canadian Film -- African Diaspora Film -- African Diaspora Performance Aesthetics -- African Diasporic Sociology -- "African" in African American History -- African Matrix Culture -- African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church -- African Union (AU) -- Africanus, Sextus Julius (ca. 160-ca. 240) -- Afrocentricity -- Afro-Cuban Literature -- Afro-Cuban Music -- Afro-Fusion Dance -- Ahimsa -- Aidoo, Ama Ata (1942-) -- Akara -- Alexis, Jacques Stéphen (1922-1961) -- Algerian Revolution -- Ali, Duse Mohamed (1867-1944) -- Ali, Muhammad (1942-) -- Al-Jahiz (776-868) -- All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) -- Alpha Kappa Alpha -- Alves, Miriam (1952-) -- Ambar, Malik (ca. 1550-1626) -- Amo, Antonius Guilielmus (Wilhelm) (1703-ca. 1753) -- Ananse -- Anastácia (1741-?) -- -- Angelou, Maya (1928-) -- Anikulapo-Kuti, Fela (1938-1997) -- Ansina (1760?-1860) -- Antonio the Ethiopian (?-1550) -- Argentina: Afro-Argentines -- Arias, Aurora (1962-) -- Aristide, Jean-Bertrand (1953-) -- Art in the African Diaspora -- Asantewaa, Yaa (ca. 1830-1922) -- Àshé -- Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) -- Atlantic World and the African Diaspora -- Axum -- Azikiwe, Nnamdi (1904-1996) -- Baartman, Sarah (1788-1816) -- Babalawo -- Babu, Abdulrahman Mohammed (1924-1996) -- Bahamas -- Bahamas: Liberated Africans -- Baker, Ella J. (1903-1986) -- Baker, Josephine (1906-1975) -- Bambaataa, Afrika (1957-) -- Baraka, Amiri (1934-) -- Barbados: African Cultural Elements -- Basquiat, Jean-Michel (1960-1988) -- Batouala -- Bava Gor (14th Century?) -- Belize: African Communities -- Benedetto the Moor, Saint (ca. 1524-1589) -- Benin -- Bennett, Louise (1919-2006) -- Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955) -- Bethune-Cookman University -- Bibb, Henry (1815-1854) -- Biko, Stephen (1946-1977) -- Black Aesthetic -- Black Arts Movement -- Black Churches and African American Spirituality -- Black Churches in the United States -- Black Cinema -- Black Consciousness Movement -- Black Marxism -- Black Panther Party -- Black Paris/Paris Noir -- Black Populism (1886-1898) -- Black Power Movement in the United States -- Black Seminoles -- Black Seminoles at Red Bays, Bahamas -- Black/Africana Studies in the United States -- Black/Blackness: Philosophical Considerations -- Blocos Afros and Afoxés -- Bluefields -- Blues: A Continuum from Africa -- Blyden, Edward Wilmot (1832-1912) -- Boggs, James (1919-1993), and Grace Lee Boggs (1915-) -- Bois Caiman and Boukman -- Bolivia: The African Presence -- Boulogne, Joseph Chevalier de Saint-George (1739?-1799) -- Brand, Dionne (1953-) -- Brathwaite, Kamau (1930-) -- Brazil: Afro-Brazilians -- Briggs, Cyril V. (1887-1966) -- Brixton -- Brodber, Erna (1940-) -- Brooklyn -- Brown, Elaine (1943-) -- Butler, Octavia Estelle (1947-2005) -- Cabral, Amilcar Lopes (1924-1973) -- Cachoeira -- Calalu/Callaloo -- Calypso -- Campbell, Grace P. (1883-1940) -- Canada and African American Refugee Settlements -- Canada and the African Diaspora -- Candomblé -- Cannes Brûlées -- Cape Verde -- Capitalism and Slavery -- Caribbean Black Power -- Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) -- Caribbean Migrations: The Caribbean Diaspora -- Carnival -- Carver, George Washington (1864-1943) -- Casely-Hayford, Joseph Ephraim (1866-1930) -- Central America: African Footprints -- Central Asia and the Caucasus: The African Presence -- Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais (CEAO) -- Césaire, Aimé (1913-2008) -- Césaire, Suzanne (1915-1966) -- Chile: Afro-Chileans -- China and Japan: African and East Asian Relations -- Christian, Barbara (1943-2000) -- Christophe, Henri (1767?-1820) -- Clarke, Austin (1934-) -- Clarke, George Elliot (1960-) -- Clarke, John Henrik (1915-1998) -- Clarke, Leroy (1938-) -- Cleaver, Eldridge Leroy (1935-1998) -- Cointelpro -- Collins, Merle (1950-) -- Colombia: Afro-Colombians -- Colored Farmers Alliance -- Combahee River Collective (CRC) -- Condé, Maryse (1937-) -- Confiant, Raphaël (1951-) -- Cook, Mercer (1903-1987) -- Cooper, Anna Julia (1859-1964) -- Corrido -- Cox, Oliver Cromwell (1901-1974) -- Coyolillo/Coyoleños -- Creole, Creolity, Creolization -- Creole Incident -- Cromanti -- Cruz, Celia (1924-2003) -- Cruz, Manoel de Almeida (1950-2004) -- Cuba: Afro-Cubans -- Cuban Intervention in Angola -- Cuban Revolution and the African Diaspora -- Cugoano, Ottobah (ca. 1757-ca. 1791).
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