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Examining the African Diaspora in Africology, this book explores the fundamental issues involving the dispersion of Africans from antiquity to the current era. One of the most quoted living Africology scholars in the world, Molefi Kete Asante has partnered with scholars of African and Africana studies to highlight the theoretical underpinnings of the idea of diaspora, unpacking the ways in which the African Diaspora has continued to influence the world today. This volume clarifies the relationship of capoeira to the quilombos of the African Brazilian past by linking the rise of the dance form to the African continent, especially in Angola and Congo. It also demonstrates in a strikingly persistent and informative manner the African diaspora among the Siddi and Ceylon African populations. By examining the self-identification of African people in Colombia and the African Diaspora in Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas, this book centers African agency in the Diaspora, highlighting global connections that have received marginal attention.
List of contents
Preface
Molefi Kete Asante (Temple University)Acknowledgments
1. An Africological Interrogation of the African Diaspora
Molefi Kete Asante (Temple University)2. Como Nacieron Los AfroMexicanos?: The African Diaspora in Mexico
Reynaldo Anderson and Christina M. Hudson (Temple University)3. African Sage Wisdom: A Diasporan Epic Journey of Creativity
Molefi Kete Asante and Danian Darrell Jerry (Temple University)4. African and Afro-Brazilian Resistance, Cultural Memory, and Healing: A Review of Capoeira
Nah Dove and Annie Kollar (Temple University)5. Being for Self: Siddi and Ceylon African Assertions of African Being
Sureshi M. Jayawardene (San Diego State University)6. Africans' Endowments: Leadership, Activism, and Legacies in Colombia
Yesenia Escobar Espitia (Temple University)7. A Critique of the African Presence in Europe: Lessons from Greco-Roman Antiquity to 21st Century Britain
Jose V. Pimienta Bey (Berea College)8. Afro-Brazilians: Resistance in a Masked Diaspora
Daniela Gomes da Silva (San Diego State University)9. Afro-Cuban Women and the "Nation": Reflections on Overdue Reparations
Paula Haydee Guillaron Carrillo (University of Havana)10. The African Pacific Diaspora: The Emergence of Community
Nah Dove (Temple University) and Anthony Taylor (Independent Scholar)11. The African Diaspora in Puerto Rico: Reawakening Agency
Marimer Berberena (Lehman College)List of Contributors
About the author
Molefi Kete Asante is Professor of Africology at Temple University, USA.
