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Informationen zum Autor edited by Judith A. Byfield, LaRay Denzer, Anthea Morrison, with contributions by Faith Lois Smith, Linda Sturtz, Antonia MacDonald-Smythe, Verene A. Shepherd, Brinsley Samaroo, Olatunji Ojo, Janice Mayers, Hakim Adi, Gloria Chuku, Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome Klappentext The contributions are linked as well through empire, discussing different parts of the British Empire and allowing for the comparative examination of colonial policies and practices. Zusammenfassung Identity, race, and social networks in the African diaspora Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface A Note on the Structure of the Volume Introduction Part 1. Africa in the Caribbean Imagination 1. Of Laughter and Kola Nuts; or, What Does Africa Have to Do with the African Diaspora? / Faith Lois Smith 2. From Africa to "The Islands": New World Voyages in the Fiction of Maryse Condé and Paule Marshall / Anthea Morrison Part 2. Race, Gender, and Agency in the Shadow of Slavery 3. Mary Rose: "White" African Jamaican Woman? Race and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica / Linda L. Sturtz 4. Trading Places: Market Negotiations in Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands / Antonia MacDonald-Smythe 5. Blacks in the White Imagination: Race in the Investigation of Rape on Nineteenth-Century Emigrant Ships to the Colonial Caribbean / Verene A. Shepherd 6. Maria Jones of Africa, St. Vincent, and Trinidad / Brinsley Samaroo 7. Slavery, Marriage, and Gender Relations in Eastern Yorubaland, 1875¿1920 / Olatunji Ojo 8. On Equal/Unequal Footing with Men: Diaspora Linkages and Issues of Gender and Education Policy in Barbados, 1875¿1945 / Janice Mayers Part 3. Building Diaspora in the Web of Empire 9. Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Nigerian Progress Union / Hakim Adi 10. "Crack Kernels, Crack Hitler": Export Production Drive and Igbo Women during the Second World War / Gloria Chuku 11. Intersections: Nigerian Episodes in the Careers of Three West Indian Women / LaRay Denzer 12. Immigrant Voices in Cyberspace: Spinning Continental and Diasporan Africans into the World Wide Web / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome Notes on Contributors Index ...
