African Diasporas: Toward a Global History

This article interrogates the development of African diaspora studies. Based a global research project that seeks to map out the dispersals of African peoples in all the major regions of the world, compare the processes of diasporization, and examine the patterns of diaspora engagements, it offers a...

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Published inAfrican studies review Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19
Main Author Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2010
African Studies Association
Subjects
African American studies
African cultural groups
African diaspora
African history
African studies
Cultural identity
Diaspora
Diasporas
Ethnology
General studies
Hegemony
Human ecology, environment
Human settlements
Indian literature
Migrations
Morphological source materials
Oceans
Physical anthropology, ethnobiology
Research and teaching
Social activism
United States history
Concept
Diaspora
Research
History
African
Challenge
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Summary:This article interrogates the development of African diaspora studies. Based a global research project that seeks to map out the dispersals of African peoples in all the major regions of the world, compare the processes of diasporization, and examine the patterns of diaspora engagements, it offers a vigorous critique of the hegemonous Afro-Atlantic model in African diaspora studies. It focuses on two critical challenges that students of African diasporas must confront: the terms of analysis that are adopted, and the problems of historical mapping.
ISSN:0002-0206
1555-2462
DOI:10.1353/arw.0.0274