The Akan Diaspora in the Americas - Couverture souple

Konadu, Kwasi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199922853 ISBN 13 : 9780199922857

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Usa, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Konadu Kwasi

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In his groundbreaking study of the Akan diaspora, Kwasi Konadu demonstrates how this cultural group originating in West Africa both engaged in and went beyond the familiar diasporic themes of maroonage, resistance, and freedom. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Akan never formed a majority among other Africans in the Americas. But their leadership skills in war and political organization, efficacy in medicinal plant use and spiritual practice, and culture archived in the musical traditions, language, and patterns of African diasporic life far outweighed their sheer numbers. Konadu argues that a composite Akan culture calibrated between the Gold Coast and forest fringe made the contributions of the Akan diaspora possible. The book examines the Akan experience in Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, former Danish and Dutch colonies, and North America, and how those early experiences foreground the modern engagement and movement of diasporic Africans and Akan people between Ghana and North America. Locating the Akan variable in the African diasporic equation allows scholars and students of the Americas to better understand how the diasporic quilt came to be and is still evolving.

Revue de presse :

There is much to appreciate in this impressively researched text. Konadu has written the first book-length treatment of the Gold Coast diaspora, rich with material on the precolonial origins of Akan societies, the migration of Akan-speakesr to the Americas, and their participation in social and political struggles ... [it] will greatly enhance our sense of what Africa means to its residents and descendants. (Vincent Brown, Journal of African History)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Usa
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199922853
• ISBN 13: 9780199922857
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 322