Pan African Spaces : Essays on Black Transnationalism.

Pan African Spaces : Essays on Black Transnationalism.

This book examines the transcultural nature of Black and African identities, globally based on the shifting identities and experiences that have been precipitated by increased migration by Africans and African diasporans.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abay, Semien
Other Authors: Alarcon, Jessica (Omilani), Ansong, Afua, Azalia, Loy, Bailey, Yelena, Bope, Eugene Mikobi, Brantuo, Nana Afua Yeboaa, Clark, Msia Kibona, Mnyandu, Phiwokuhle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018.
Subjects:
Black people > Race identity.
Black people > Race identity
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Pan African Spaces; Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism; Copyright Page; Contents; Changing the Paradigms on Migration and Immigration in the African Diaspora; Introduction; The United States; Beyond Berlin: The Meaning of Being Black and Bi-Cultural in the South African Outlier; Black Migration to Europe; Table of Contents Section/Breakdown; Chapter 1; (Re)igniting Pan-Africanism. (Re)jecting Afropolitanism. (Re)naming Our solution.; The Complexity of Identity; Afropolitanism-The Sibling to Negritude; Pan Africanization; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2
  • Is Race Really the Issue?Racism: A Black Immigrant's Experience; Individualized Racial Experience; The Education Gap; Generational Disparities; Disparities among Black Immigrants; Affirmative Action; Conclusion; Notes; Perspectives on Black Transnationalism and Identity Formation; Chapter 3; The Evolution of a Bicultural Identity in the Shadows of Nyerere's Pan Africanism; Chapter 4; Skins, Identities, and Their Tragedies; I Could Not Tell Who I Am. Sometimes, I Was Called "Negrita"; Soy Española; Am I Spanish? Negra?; The African Diaspora; The World; Healing
  • Afrodescendiente, Hispano-GuineanaNow and the Future; Chapter 5; When I First Wore Fish Leather or Black Girl in Iceland; Notes; Chapter 6; Reinventing Identities; II; Poem 1; Death upon the Homefront; Crioulo Culture and Pidgin Music: American Experiences and West African Identities; Chapter 7; Navigating Between Two Worlds; Cabo-What? Knowing the Past in Order to Understand the Present; Welcome to the United States: Sky Scrapers, New Opportunities and Changing Family Dynamics; One School, Two Learning Systems: Was This Racist?; Meeting Mrs. Anderson and Getting to Lincoln
  • Is an African Girl Good Enough for an Elite Private School? Among the Many Who Want You to Succeed, There are Some Who Don'tFirst Day of School: Uniform, Luxury Cars, and Me!; Foreign Girl and Foreign Foods; I Am Not Adopted, Just Ashamed; Why Do I Have to Make Eggs for My Dad? One Girl, Two Worlds; What Is Black and Who In The World is Jane Eyre?; Finding Light Amid Darkness; Learning to Live Between Two Worlds and Making it Work; Chapter 8; Having My Kenkey and Eating It Too; Chapter 9; Music of My Flesh; African Girl Child in the DMV
  • African Music and the Creation of African Cultural Spaces in the DiasporaOur Music as Cultural Medium and Manifestation; Notes; Chapter 10; Local Accra with a Twist of International Luxe; Diverse Identities and Representations among Second-Generation Ethiopian Migrants in America; Chapter 11; Ethiopia on My Skin, Black Power in My Heart; Chapter 12; Black Immigrant Communities; Chapter 13; Identity Theft; Class and Citizenship: African American and African Migrant Experiences in South Africa; Chapter 14; On Being African ... American; African (Return?) ... American (Departure?)

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