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Reversing sail : a history of the African diaspora / Michael A. Gomez

Author
Gomez, Michael A., 1955-
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Copyright Date
copyright 2005
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
Antiquity -- Africans and the Bible -- Africans and the Islamic world -- Transatlantic moment -- Enslavement -- Asserting the right to be -- Reconnecting -- Movement people -- Epilogue.
Summary
The experiences of Africans in the Old World -- the Mediterranean and Islamic worlds -- is followed by their movement into the New, where their plight in lands claimed by Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English colonial powers is analyzed from enslavement through the Cold War. Particular attention is paid to the everyday lives of the working classes and their cultural development. Their exploits, challenges, and struggles are covered over a broad time frame that links as well as differentiates past and present circumstances.
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ISBN
9781107710740
0521806623
0521001358
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed September 11, 2019).
Includes index.
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